KILLED A former senior government of President Zelaya and another journalist, SO FAR NINE YEAR
liberal politician Honduran Roland Valenzuela, former government official of the ousted Manuel Zelaya, has been murdered in a hotel bar in the town of San Pedro Sula in the midst of a heated argument with an alleged employer, according to the National Police reported.
Valenzuela, who was manager of National Program for Sustainable Development (Pronaders) , was shot in the head inflicted by a man who has been identified by prosecutors as Carlos Yacamán , who had a "heated " discussion in the toilets. After the attack the former minister was taken to a hospital where he arrived without vital signs. The prosecutor on duty, Marco Cartagena , has refused to reveal more details to the press waiting to analyze images from security cameras at the bar. Medical Examiner's report indicates that the bullet entered the back of the neck and exited through the nose, causing the former official death almost immediately.
Valenzuela was considered a person close to Zelaya. After the coup of June 28, 2009, he joined the National Resistance Front which requires a return to Honduras the ousted leader and opposes the government "de facto" Roberto Micheletti, as well as the November general election in which he was elected Porfirio Lobo as president of Honduras
Nine journalists killed this year
Nine journalists killed this year
A Honduran journalist, the ninth in what far in 2010, was killed Monday night by unknown assailants who fired from a moving vehicle in the town of Paradise , as reported by relatives and authorities told local media.
Luis Arturo Mondragon, who worked as news director of Channel 19 local cable, was shot about ten night, while sitting with one of his sons on the sidewalk of her home minutes after leaving the program, according to reports.
Mondragón had been threatened for criticizing local officials and members of corruption.
forensic authorities had not come to practice recognizing the body was still at around midnight on Monday.
The murder of journalists in Honduras is a growing phenomenon since the military and the oligarchy of the country staged a coup last June 29, 2009, to remove from office the democratically President elect Manuel Zelaya Rosales.
After this event, began the closure of media and persecution of journalists who openly positioned themselves against the coup.
In the month of November, in a context and without warranties dictatorial democratic general elections were held in which he was elected Porfirio Lobo, who currently presides over the country.
The National Front resistance against the coup reported that the elections were an attempt facelift to legitimize the dictatorship in power.
So far in 2010 and there are nine journalists killed in Honduras ., An alarming and denounced by various human rights organizations.
Other Honduran journalists killed during the year are Georgino Orellana (20 April) Chévez Luís Hernández (April 11), Mairena Bayardo and Manuel Juárez (March 26), Nahum Palacios (March 14), David Meza (11 March), Ochoa Joseph (March 1st) and Nicolas Asfura (February 18).
(Sources: Europa Press, and AFP LibreRed.net)
Luis Arturo Mondragon, who worked as news director of Channel 19 local cable, was shot about ten night, while sitting with one of his sons on the sidewalk of her home minutes after leaving the program, according to reports.
Mondragón had been threatened for criticizing local officials and members of corruption.
forensic authorities had not come to practice recognizing the body was still at around midnight on Monday.
The murder of journalists in Honduras is a growing phenomenon since the military and the oligarchy of the country staged a coup last June 29, 2009, to remove from office the democratically President elect Manuel Zelaya Rosales.
After this event, began the closure of media and persecution of journalists who openly positioned themselves against the coup.
In the month of November, in a context and without warranties dictatorial democratic general elections were held in which he was elected Porfirio Lobo, who currently presides over the country.
The National Front resistance against the coup reported that the elections were an attempt facelift to legitimize the dictatorship in power.
So far in 2010 and there are nine journalists killed in Honduras ., An alarming and denounced by various human rights organizations.
Other Honduran journalists killed during the year are Georgino Orellana (20 April) Chévez Luís Hernández (April 11), Mairena Bayardo and Manuel Juárez (March 26), Nahum Palacios (March 14), David Meza (11 March), Ochoa Joseph (March 1st) and Nicolas Asfura (February 18).
(Sources: Europa Press, and AFP LibreRed.net)
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