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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Honduran journalist strangled to death

The body of a Honduran journalist who went missing on Monday (5 May) has been found dumped on a road on the outskirts of the capital, Tegucigalpa. He appeared to have been strangled.

Erik Martinez Ávila, a vocal supporter of a gay rights group and a candidate for a left-wing opposition party, was the third journalist to be killed this year in Honduras.

He worked in radio and TV after obtaining his journalism degree. He is the third journalist to be killed in Honduras this year.

According to the IPI's DeathWatch, 20 journalists have been killed in Honduras since the June 2009 coup that deposed the former president, Jose Manuel Zelaya.

Sources: Australian Eye/IPI

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