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A radio reporter is murdered in Honduras
The body of Radio Internacional host & reporter Israel Zelaya Díaz was found by the side of a road next to a sugar cane field. Reports say his murder was an execution, as he was shot three times in the head and none of his personal belongings, including money, were taken. He was the target of an arson attack earlier this year. Zelaya, who also worked in the past with HRN and Radio América, becomes the ninth journalist murdered in Honduras in 2010, a majority of whom worked in radio. Reporters Without Borders says with the killing of Zelaya, Honduras joins Mexico as the two deadliest countries in the western hemisphere for journalists.
http://www.radio-info.com/news/a-radio-reporter-is-murdered-in-hondurast~~~~~Google translation from Spanish language newspaper:
Another journalist murdered in Honduras, totaling 10 this year
http://www3.elcaribe.com.do.nyud.net:8090/site/opt/media/2009/12/08/9b84214c069c36b3102e102a4b87a3e3.jpgTegucigalpa ( EFE ) .- Honduran journalist Israel Díaz Zelaya was killed today near San Pedro Sula , north, totaling nine in that same fate has befallen so far in 2010, local media reported.
The body of the community, according to the simple statement in the media , citing police sources , had three bullet wounds to the head and was left in a sugar cane plantation in the area of Villanueva , to where he was born in a taxi.
http://www3.elcaribe.com.do/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=253732:asesinan-a-otro-periodista-en-honduras-suman-10-este-ano&catid=131:internacionales&Itemid=151 http://a3.twimg.com.nyud.net:8090/profile_images/64785467/Robert_mug_normal.JPG Google translation from Spanish language source:
FEPALC journalists concerned about violence in Honduras
Thursday, August 26, 2010 14:47
The Federation of Journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean ( FEPALC ) expressed concern about the height extreme violence against journalists and health freedom of expression in Honduras, which has come to end the killing of another journalist, the last 24 August.
Before the assassination of Israel Díaz Zelaya , bringing to nine the number of communities affected so far this year , the front FEPALC requires them to government authorities of Honduras to display their best efforts to locate the perpetrators of such heinous crime.
Demand , as well as a first option is ruled out easy route , de, en pas police investigations, shuffling as prime motive for the crime of urban crime. Plus, when there is evidence that in the specific case of Zelaya Diaz 's body was found with all their personal belongings , including cash , leaving aside the hypothesis of theft.
The journalist, host of " Clear and peeled , " Radio International, in San Pedro de Sula, was one of the activists in the media , showed his anti - coup that removed from power in President Manuel Zelaya 2009.
The situation is exacerbated since the now deceased had reported being the victim of an attack on his home .
More:
http://www.cronicaviva.com.pe/index.php/prensa/27-prensa/2255-fepalc-expresa-preocupacion-por-violencia-a-periodistas-en-hondura ~~~~~Google translation of a Spanish language article:
RSF condemns murder of Honduran journalist Israel Zelaya
Paris ( AP) - Radio America. Reporters Without Borders ( RSF ) condemned the killing of journalist Díaz Zelaya Honduras Israel for reasons still unknown, and reiterated his concern about the increasing threats against journalists who opposed the coup in Honduras.
The murder of Zelaya , host of a program of " International Radio in San Pedro Sula, may be related, according to RSF , in its opposition to the coup that brought the power of ousted President Manuel Zelaya in 2009.
The reporter's body was found Tuesday with three bullets in the head in a sugar cane plantation near the town of Villanueva (north of Tegucigalpa), with money and personal belongings , which excludes the robbery as a motive the crime.
The organization said in a statement that although the causes of this new crime of a Honduran journalist , the ninth so far this year, are still unknown, "should not serve as a pretext to rule from the beginning professional or political track " .
The murdered journalist began his career in the early '60s, collaborating with two of the most important radio stations of Honduras, " HNR "and "Radio America " as well as for the newspaper La Tribuna . "
Later, in early 2010 , Zelaya 's home was destroyed by arson.
RSF reported that "still has not done justice by the carnage of the violence against the Honduran press for fourteen months " and stressed that "the repression and threats against the media who opposed the coup have not ceased .
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