Journalist shot dead in Honduras

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Journalist shot dead in Honduras
Dec 28, 2010, 19:37 GMT

Tegucigalpa - A journalist was killed in Honduras on Tuesday, said police, who were still to identify the attackers.

TV reporter Henry Suazo was shot dead in La Masica, in the Caribbean province of Atlantida. Suazo worked for Radio HRN, one of the most important radio stations in the country, and for television channel Cablevision.

Cablevision owner Jorge Abilio Diaz said Suazo was leaving his home when he was attacked.

The motive for the murder was not immediately known, and the killers, who escaped the scene, were yet to be identified.

Suazo is the 10th journalist killed in Honduras this year, according to local media and non-governmental organizations.

Read more: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/americas/news/article_1608292.php/Journalist-shot-dead-in-Honduras

[Grassy Knoll]

1. I think Fox News needs to .....

go investigate. :evilgrin:

[Capitalocracy]

2. I wonder if there's ever been a worse time to be a journalist

than these times

[midnight]

4. No kidding.

[Lint Head]

3. Information and truth gathering is a deadly profession.

Just Julian Assange.

[harvey007]

5. Support your local journalists and whistleblowers

http://cpj.org/

[JVS]

6. Is there a way to blame Hugo Chavez for this?

[Capitalocracy]

7. Actually, it's quite common

to try to manufacture "ties" to Hugo Chavez for those killed in Honduras.

[EFerrari]

8. Blood on the hands of the State Department. Very sad. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

9. Radio reporter killed outside his home in Honduras

Dec 28, 8:31 PM EST
Radio reporter killed outside his home in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- A radio reporter has been gunned down outside his home in Honduras, the 10th journalist killed in the Central American country this year.

Police say Henry Suazo was killed Tuesday as he left his home in the coastal town of La Masica.

The 38-year-old reporter worked for HRN radio and Cablevision del Atlantico television.

~snip~
Honduras is one of Latin America's most violent countries, and the bloodshed has many roots, including political tensions, drug trafficking and street gang wars.

The Inter American Press Association and the Committee to Protect Journalists have called Honduras one of the most dangerous countries for journalists.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_HONDURAS_JOURNALIST_KILLED?SECTION=HOME&SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[L. Coyote]

10. "Honduras is one of Latin America's most violent countries" BECAUSE ....

democracy was overthrown (with the assistance of the USA, as usual).

[martymar64]

11. If the police want to identify the killer they just need to look in a mirror

Likely the killer was a police officer, so the chance of the killer being caught is zero.

Thanks Obama for supporting the murderous right wing coup.

[Judi Lynn]

12. Would never have guessed it would be possible during his campaign.

Had assumed a change in leadership would provide actual human leadership regarding Latin America.

They were all hoping for it, as well.

Very sad seeing them all "get" it during the coup. No explanations were necessary.

[Mudoria]

13. Seems to be a problem in Latin America

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=325740&CategoryId=10717

[EFerrari]

15. No, it has been a problem in Honduras since the coup.

A DUer who was reporting on the ground notified us that reporters were being kidnapped, tortured and dumped out on the highway as a warding. About a week later, the NYTs reported it.

It hasn't stopped.

[Judi Lynn]

14. Earlier this year: Five journalists killed in one month

31 March 2010
Five journalists killed in one month

In a highway ambush, two journalists were shot to death in eastern Honduras on 26 March, report the Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), ARTICLE 19 and other IFEX members. This brings the number of journalists murdered in Honduras this year to five; all killed this past month.

Radio journalists José Bayardo Mairena Ramírez, 52, and Manuel Juárez, 55, had just finished hosting a radio programme and were driving from the city of Catacamas to Juticalpa. Gunmen shot at them from another car, riddling their car with bullets.

Both journalists worked on the program "Así es Olancho" for R.Z. Television's Channel 4, and Radio Excélsior, where Bayardo Mairena was the manager. Bayardo Mairena opposed the 2009 coup d'état and was known for his sympathy to the "resistance" movement, reports ARTICLE 19.

The head of the Honduran Press Association urged President Porfirio Lobo Sosa to "rein in" these killings of journalists, says RSF.

Journalists, human rights defenders and opposition activists have been regularly targeted in the last eight months, says ARTICLE 19, but the situation has especially deteriorated since the swearing-in of President Lobo early this year. Effective legal remedies and protection policies at the national level are lacking.

More:
http://www.ifex.org/honduras/2010/03/31/fifth_killed/

It used to be Colombia had the most brutal record for murdering journalists. It switched to Honduras with the onset of the illegal military coup and the fascist coup presidency.