The crash is currently under investigation by Honduran officials ... music championed the vanishing language and culture of the Garifuna people of his native Belize and made him a cultural ...

The Honduran Civil Aeronautics Agency said the ... called Martínez Suazo “the ambassador of Garifuna culture,” noting that he spoke Garifuna and Miskito and composed music in both languages.

Aurelio Martínez, the celebrated Honduran folk musician who helped introduce the wider world to the music of the Garifuna people, died Monday, March 17, in a small passenger plane crash.

Honduran folk musician Aurelio Martínez has died. The 55-year-old was a respected proponent of the Central American culture known as Garifuna. According to his spokesperson, Martinez and 11 other ...

The crash is currently under investigation by Honduran officials ... over the years Aurelio has been a beacon of hope for ...