Honduras: Radio Journalist Killed

Posted 13 September 2011 15:31 GMT

Countries	Honduras
Topics	War & Conflict, Media & Journalism
Languages	English

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· Honduras : Un journaliste radio assassiné

Honduras

“Thursday [September 8] a reporter for Radio Uno in San Pedro was murdered […] The reporter, Medardo Flores, was part of the finance section of the Frente Amplio de Resistencia Popular (FARP), the political wing of the Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular (FNRP) [National Popular Resistance Front] […] Porfirio Lobo Sosa has ordered an investigation of these killings, but denies any government involvement”: Honduras Culture and Politics reports, adding that “since June 28, 2009 16 journalists have been murdered in Honduras.”

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