A journalist died in Honduras on Sunday after being shot, the fourth killed this year and the 97e since 2001, announced an organization for the defense of freedom of expression.
Committee for Free Speech (C-Free) official, Amada Ponce, said atAFP na Ricardo Alcides Avila, 25, is dead at a hospital in Tegucigalpa, after being shot in the head on Wednesday. He was attacked by unknown people in the south of the country.
Avila is a journalist and cameraman for Metro television and radio station in the town of Choluteca, 85 km south of the capital.
On the morning of May 26, he was traveling from Santa Cruz to work in Choluteca, and there he was approached by unknown people who shot him at close range.he added.
Mr. Avila was transferred to a hospital in the capital. Hours later, police ruled it was a common criminal attack.
On the other hand, for C-Free, the murder is related to the work Ricardo does […] in social movements in the south of the country, because the large amount of money that was in his possession and other valuables were not stolen from him.
C-Libre recalled that they had issued alerts back then on the frequent threats received by Metro television and radio station staff because of their editorial policy.
Four journalists have been killed this year in Honduras, according to Ponce, bringing to 97 the number of journalists, owners and media workers killed since 2001 in this country, one of the most dangerous for the profession. this in Latin America.
Source: Radio-Canada
