Honduran journalist shot, killed outside his home

[Judi Lynn]

Wednesday, May. 11, 2011
Honduran journalist shot, killed outside his home
By FREDDY CUEVAS - The Associated Press

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a journalist outside his home in a city in northern Honduras, officials said Wednesday.

Francisco Medina, a 35-year-old television reporter, was ambushed Tuesday night in the city of Morazan, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of Honduras' capital, said Santos Galvez, a member of Honduras' College of Journalists press group. Galvez called Medina's slaying work-related and said he had received death threats.

In his reporting, Medina was critical of the Honduran national police and of private security firms contracted by ranchers in the area, where drug traffickers operate. Medina became the 11th journalist to be killed in the past 18 months in Honduras. Two of these murders have been solved.

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"Every day Honduran journalists are in greater danger of being killed," said Galvez.

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