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- ↑ Profile at the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Honduras website
- ↑ "David Matamoros asume presidencia del TSE", El Heraldo, 11 May 2010, archived on 14 December 2013 (in Spanish).
- ↑ "David Matamoros asume hoy como nuevo presidente del TSE", La Tribuna, 14 May 2013, archived on 14 December 2013 (in Spanish).
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