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Honduras must strengthen protection mechanism after TV reporter's murder
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Honduran authorities to do what is necessary to reinforce the country’s mechanism for protecting journalists after a local TV reporter was killed despite having a permanent police bodyguard since an earlier murder attempt in May. They must also solve his murder, RSF says.
Local Canal 24 TV reporter Francisco Ramírez was ambushed and killed on 21 December in Danlí, a city 100 km southeast of the capital in El Paraíso department, although the national mechanism for protecting journalists assigned him a bodyguard after he was shot three times in a murder attempt on 3 May, and although its alleged perpetrators were identified and arrested.
The 39-year-old Ramírez had stopped working out of concern for his safety since the shooting attack in May, but he was well known for his coverage of criminal groups in the Danlí region, whose activities include drug trafficking, and he continued to be under threat.
He was driving back to his home in Danlí on the night of 21 December when gunmen opened fire on his car, hitting him five times and killing him instantly. His police bodyguard sustained two gunshot wounds and was later reported to be in a stable condition in hospital.
More:
https://rsf.org/en/honduras-must-strengthen-protection-mechanism-after-tv-reporter-s-murder