Between 2 and March 14, 2010 three journalists have been shot dead. The latest victim was Nahum Palacios, 34-year-old news director of Aguán Television, Channel 5. The journalist was killed March 14 during an ambush in Tocoa, located 400 kilometers north of the capital. The vehicle had more than 40 bullet wounds, the journalist's body, some thirty. The two companions of Nahum Parker, including a cameraman, were wounded.
A priori, this crime has the mark of organized crime, the Atlantic region is a stronghold of the drug, although there may be other motives. After the coup of June 28, 2009, Nahum Parker had suffered abuse and harassment by the military, who had even confiscated his team, according to the Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre). The organization also said that the journalist and one of his colleagues had received telephone threats warning them to stop "defending the poor."
Just a week ago, a journalist from the same region, David Meza Montesinos, was killed in a similar way ( http://www.rsf.org/NAsesinan-a-un-periodista-de-la.html ) ten days after the murder of a colleague, Joseph Ochoa, in Tegucigalpa ( http://www.rsf.org/Un-periodista-asesinado-no-debe.html ). Honduras is, after Mexico, the continent's most dangerous country for journalists. __________
Honduras
Gunned Down Third journalist in two weeks
Nahum Palacios the news editor of local TV station Televisora de Aguán-Canal 5, was killed in a hail of bullets on 14 March in Tocoa, a town near the Atlantic coast 400 km north of the capital, becoming the third journalist to be gunned down in Honduras in the past two weeks.Aged 34, Palacios was ambushed and shot in his car. More than 40 bullet impacts were found in the vehicle and around 30 in his body. A cameraman and another person in the vehicle were injured in the shooting.The murder bears the hallmarks of organised crime, especially as it occurred in a region where drug traffickers are active. Some sources also described Palacios’ political situation as delicate. Since last June’s coup d’état, he had been mistreated and humiliated on several occasions by soldiers, who confiscated his equipment, the Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre) said.C-Libre also reported that Palacios and one of his colleagues had received threatening phone calls in which they were told to stop “defending the poor.”Palacios’ murder came just three days after radio journalist David Meza Montesinos was slain in a similar fashion in the same region ( http://www.rsf.org/Radio-journalist-gunned-down-on,36715.html ) and 13 days after TV journalist Joseph Ochoa was killed in a shooting in Tegucigalpa ( http://www.rsf.org/Politicians-and-media-urged-not-to.html ).Honduras is now second only to Mexico as the western hemisphere’s deadliest country for journalists.
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Honduras A third journalist killed by gunfire in less than a fortnight
Three journalists were murdered by gunfire between 2 and 14 March 2010. The latest is called Nahúm Palacios, 34, chief information officer of the chain of Televisora \u200b\u200bAguán-Channel 5. The journalist was killed in an ambush Road, March 14, at Tocoa, 400 kilometers north of the capital. Over forty missile impacts were found on his vehicle and thirty on his corpse. The two escorts Nahúm Palacios, including a cameraman were blessés.Ce crime is a priori the kind of organized crime in the Atlantic region particularly vulnerable to drug trafficking. But since the coup of June 28, 2009, Nahum Palacios suffered abuse and humiliation by soldiers, who had confiscated his equipment to work, as the Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre). The organization also said that the journalist and one of his colleagues had received telephone threats warning them to stop "defending the poor." There is barely a week, a journalist from the same region, David Meza Montesinos was shot by le même procédé ( http://www.rsf.org/Assassinat-d-un-journaliste-de-la.html ), dix jours après l’assassinat d’un autre collègue, Joseph Ochoa, à Tegucigalpa ( http://www.rsf.org/Un-journaliste-assassine-Gare-a-l.html ). Le Honduras se classe désormais après le Mexique au rang de pays le plus meurtrier du continent pour les journalistes.
