A Honduran journalist succumbed to his injuries yesterday, Sunday, a few days after being shot, and is the fourth to be killed this year and the 97th since 2001, a freedom of expression organization has said.
Amanda Ponce, a Commissioner for Freedom of Expression (C-Libre), told AFP that “Ricardo Alsides Avila, 25, died” at a Tegucigalpa hospital after he was shot in the head on Wednesday. He had been attacked by strangers in the southern part of the country.
Avila was a journalist and cameraman for the Metro radio and television network in the town of Tsoluteka, 85 km south of the capital.
“On the morning of May 26, he was on his way from Santa Cruz to work in Tsoluteka, where he was approached by strangers who shot him at close range,” Ponce added.
Avila was taken to a hospital in the capital. A few hours later, the police assessed that it was a criminal attack of the common criminal law.
For C-Libre, however, the killing “is linked to Ricardo’s work (…) for social movements” in the south of the country, as a significant amount of money he had on him and other valuables were not stolen in the attack. accepted.
C-Libre recalls that it has in the past warned of the frequent threats received by Metro’s staff over its journalistic policy.
Four journalists have been killed in Honduras this year, according to Ponce, bringing to 97 the number of journalists, owners and media workers killed since 2001 in the country, one of the most dangerous for Latin American journalists. America.
SOURCE: AMPE
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