'Threatened' Honduran journalist requests US asylum
4 August 2012 Last updated at 20:35 ET
'Threatened' Honduran journalist requests US asylum
A Honduran journalist has requested asylum in the US embassy in Tegucigalpa after he said he and his family were repeatedly threatened and attacked.
Jose Chinchilla, who works for a radio station in El Progreso in northern Honduras, said his son was injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire outside the family home.
More than 20 journalists have been murdered over the past three years in Honduras.
None of the crimes has been solved.
Wave of violence
It is not clear whether the attacks were linked to the the victims' professions, but pressure groups say journalists covering rising levels of crime and drug trafficking in Honduras are increasingly at risk.
More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19130922
