18th journalist killed in Honduras in past two years

[Judi Lynn]

1. NGO urges probe of Honduras journalist killings

NGO urges probe of Honduras journalist killings
Associated Press | Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012 9:25 pm

Press groups on Monday called for an international investigation into attacks on journalists in Honduras after a radio host was killed by machete blows, bringing to 19 the number of media employees slain over the past two years.

Reporters Without Borders said Fausto Hernandez Arteaga, 54, of Radio Alegre de Colon was killed Sunday in Saba in the Colon province in northern Honduras. Hernandez Arteaga was director of the station's "Voice of the News" program.

The killing "shows once again the chaotic situation of lack of safety in which Honduras is submerged," the press group said in a statement. "An international investigation mission should take over the most serious cases."

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Ortiz said 19 journalists have been killed over the last two years in Honduras and said "there are neither perpetrators (arrested) nor thorough investigations."

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