Aurelio Martínez was killed after plane crashed while taking off from Roatán island in Caribbean

Garifuna leaders have paid tribute to a prominent musician from their community who died in a plane crash that killed at least 13 people off the coast of Honduras.

Aurelio Martínez was onboard a Lanhsa Airlines flight that crashed into the sea late on Monday while taking off from Roatán, one of the Central American country’s main tourist destinations.