|
Mar 15
2010
|
  |
 |
Third Journalist Gunned Down in Honduras in Two Weeks
CONTACT: Dean Graber, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
AUSTIN, TEXAS/March 15/Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas/ -- Nahúm Palacios, a news director for TV Aguãn (Channel 5), was shot to death Sunday in Tocoa, Colón, a city near the Atlantic coast. A companion riding in the car with him was severely wounded, and a camera operator riding in the back was grazed by a bullet El Heraldo and El Tiempo report.
Journalists in the city of San Pedro Sula marched Monday to demand justice and an end to violence and threats against members of the profession, La Tribuna and La Prensa add.
Palacios’ killing follows the shooting death of David Meza last Thursday in the coastal city of La Ceiba. Hundreds turned out for the broadcaster's funeral Saturday and demanded justice in the case, El Heraldo reports.
Meza’s killing followed the shooting death of Joseph Hernández Ochoa and the wounding of Karol Cabrera—both TV hosts—in an attack on their auto in Tegucigalpa.
|
|