The Isy Obed Murillo Square has a guard house, public restrooms, flower pots, commemorative plaques, as well as a torch that remains lit and spaces for community meetings. | Photo: @GildateleSUR

Tegucigalpa, June 27 (RHC)-- The Government of Honduras inaugurated this Sunday the Isy Obed Murillo Square in honor of the martyrs of the Resistance, the site is on the south side of the Toncontín airport in the city of Comayagüela.

"We are representing the blood of our children, we thank the Presidency and all those who have been involved so that we have to fight to look at everything that has been done in memory of the martyrs," said Silvia Mencías, the mother of one of the young martyrs.

Both the government and municipal authorities restored and refurbished the site, where residents will be able to visit and remember the victims of the coup d'état perpetrated against then Manuel Zelaya in 2009.

The Isy Obed Murillo Plaza has a guardhouse, public restrooms, planters, commemorative plaques, as well as a torch that remains lit and spaces for community meetings.

The site is named after Isy Obed Murillo in memory of the 16 year old boy who, during the 2009 coup d'état, arrived outside the airport terminal to reject the break of constitutionality in his country, later and in that place Murillo lost his life.