A journalist killed on Monday in the capital of Honduras, a country that has so far recorded five murders of journalists, denounced a freedom of expression organization.
Edwin Josue Andino, 23, who worked for LTV, “died of a gunshot wound to the head,” said Amada Ponce, director of the non-governmental Committee for Freedom of C-Libre, AFP.
He warned that the perpetrators covered his mouth with duct tape, a trend that has been replicated in Mexico” in crimes against bloodhounds and said it is related to the “silence [of the press]. “
Along with the journalist his father died. Unknown assailants took them to their homes in the community of Villafranca west of Tegucigalpa and then shot them dead, LTV director Raul Morazan said.
He added that Andino had been with the television station for two years, had been promoted to manufacturer and had earned any threat.
“An incredibly dismayed by the death of Edwin Andino. A journalist of journalism we have seen him grow and expand in the classroom, a healthy child, graduated with educational excellence, “said journalist Aldo Romero, a professor at the personal university where the communicator graduated. posted on social media.
Ponce lamented that he is “the fifth journalist killed in the country so far this year, the fourth in the government of Xiomara Castro,” who took office on January 27, and “98 since 2001. “
Honduras is listed by organizations as one of the most harmful countries worldwide for the practice of journalism.
Among the other 98 people killed are journalists, media owners and other media-related professionals. More than 90 per cent of crimes go unpunished.
Honduras is also one of the countries with the highest violence in the world, with a rate of 38 homicides consisting of 100,000 inhabitants, more than 4 times the world average.