José Lino Matute

José Lino Matute (* 1780, † unknown ) was from November 12 1838 to January 10, 1839 Supreme Director of Honduras within the province of the Central American Confederation.

Life

After a Constituent Assembly of Honduras had decided the separation of the Central American confederation and had signed the appropriate constitutional José María Martínez Salinas, handed him this the office of the Director Supremo for health reasons.

The Constituent Assembly, which met in Comayagua since October 10, 1838, produced on January 11, 1839 more constitution which Lino Matute under the heading - signed " Ejecútese Run ".

He issued the corresponding implementing regulations that the export and import duties of the ports of Honduras no longer was entitled to the Confederacy, but Honduras.

The government in San Salvador offered to convene a Central American meeting to solve the problems of the same, what Lino Matute rejected on the same day.

Francisco Ferrera participated in the confrontation with the federal government under José Francisco Morazán Quezada which led to the separation of Honduras. On April 5, 1839 his troops and defeated Nicaragua by the troops of Morazán at the Battle of Espíritu Santo in El Salvador were. On September 25, 1839, Honduras troops were surprised in San Pedro Perulapán and Francisco Ferrera injured, whereupon he fled to Nicaragua.