Journalist abducted just days ahead of military coup anniversary
Published on Thursday 27 June 2013. Updated on Friday 28 June 2013
Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned about the fate of Aníbal Barrow (picture), a journalist who was kidnapped in the northern city of San Pedro Sula on 24 June, four days ahead of the anniversary tomorrow of the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya in 2009.
Barrow, 58, was travelling in a pickup with members of his family on the afternoon of 24 June when they were stopped by several unidentified individuals, who made Barrow’s relatives get out and then drove off in the pickup with Barrow inside.
The vehicle was founded later that evening in the city’s Villanueva district with traces of blood inside the cabin, a bullet hole in the passenger side window, but no sign of Barrow, who has been the subject of a police search for the past three days.
Barrow, who is also an economics professor at the National Autonomous University of Honduras at Valle de Sula, hosts a news programme called “Aníbal Barrow and nothing else” that is broadcast every morning from Monday to Friday on Globo TV.
More:
http://en.rsf.org/honduras-journalist-abducted-just-days-27-06-2013,44865.html
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LA forum DU'ers may recall the link to this tv station was shared here by our amazing friend who has been away for awhile, rabs, a scholar, and an amazing gentleman, and true LatAm citizen, whom some of us knew as far back as 2000, at the CNN Cuba-US relations website, which was enlightening, to say the least.
This TV journalist, Anibal Bararow, held down the fort at Globo through horrendous, turbulent times during the hideous coup, and the coup government sent troops in who destroyed their equipment, trashed the place once, and on another time the studio had new stuff, and video'd the troops as they came in and carried out all the consoles and computers, etc., etc., etc. Truly courageous.
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Uncertainty about the life of journalist Anibal Barrow
Miércoles 26 de Junio de 2013 23:25 Nota de Prensa OPLN
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Hours of uncertainty go by over the unknown whereabouts of journalist Anibal Barrow.
Tegucigalpa, June 25. Yesterday's afternoon the news of the kidnapping of journalist Anibal Barrow, who holds a morning television program on the popular TV Globo broadcaster, were heard.
After the kidnapping, and within hours at night, police found his car with a bullet hole and blood on the inside, which meant he can be hurt. The search of the journalist was suspended last night due to the lack of tracks and evidence, as reported by the police. The search continues today without news at this time of the morning.
Anibal Barrow reportedly stated yesterday his intention to vote for Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, also on his tv program recognized leaders of the LIBRE Party, as Enrique Flores Lanza, Juan Barahona and Jari Dixon have been guests. The day after the kidnapping, on Tuesday, the General Secretary of the Political Organization Los Necios, Gilberto Rios, was expected to deliver a presentation on Democratic Socialism.
A day before the Ordinary Assembly "Xiomara Castro de Zelaya" on Sunday June 16, assembly in wich she was proclaimed the LIBRE Party Candidate, a young activist and member of the National Front of Popular Resistance was murdered and today a notorious journalist is abducted four days before commemorating the military Coup of June 28, which overthrew the legitimate government of Manuel Zelaya Rosales.
"This could be part of a campaign of terror by the Coup perpetrators", said yesterday different members of the LIBRE Party leadership, while they expect the journalist to appear alive.
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