12. JOSÉ BAYARDO MAIRENA DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2010 JOB DESCRIPTION Worked on Canal 4’s news program “Así es Olancho” and Director of Radio Excélsior
in Juticalpa OTHER INFORMATION Killed along with Manuel Juárez (see below) by unknown persons; the two men were killed while driving after they had transmitted a program on Radio Excélsior • Local journalists reported that Bayardo Mairena and Juárez worked together on news and talk programs, typically avoiding sensitive topics • However, sources told the Office of the iachr Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression that Maireina had recently published newspaper reports on land disputes and organized crime • According to the Office of the Public Prosecutor (Ministerio Público), as of July 2013 investigations were ongoing and new evidence was being sought STATUS Case unsolved IMPUNITY Yes
13. MANUEL JUÁREZ DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2010 Worked on Canal 4’s news program “Así es Olancho” and for Radio Excélsor in Juticalpa OTHER INFORMATION See José Bayardo Mairena above STATUS Case unsolved IMPUNITY Yes JOB DESCRIPTION
14. LUIS CHÉVEZ HERNÁNDEZ DATE OF DEATH April 9, 2010 Announcer for the broadcaster W105 of San Pedro Sula OTHER INFORMATION Killed with his cousin by unknown assailants • Police ruled out robbery as a motive, as a large quantity of money was found in the possession of the deceased537 • Kevin Giovanni Romero Figueroa was charged with the murders but was acquitted STATUS Suspect confirmed •Arrest made •No conviction: acquitted at trial IMPUNITY Yes JOB DESCRIPTION
15. JORGE ALBERTO ORELLANA DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2010 Manager of the debate program “En vivo con Georgino” transmitted by Televisión de Honduras in San Pedro Sula OTHER INFORMATION Killed while he was leaving the television station • Program focused on local news, mostly cultural events • Did not report on sensitive stories such as organized crime • In September 2012, Jonathan Joseph Cockborn was sentenced to 28 years in jail after being found guilty of shooting Orellana during a robbery538 STATUS Suspect confirmed • Arrest made • Conviction obtained IMPUNITY No JOB DESCRIPTION
16. CARLOS HUMBERTO SALINAS MIDENCE DATE OF DEATH May 8, 2010 Sports reporter who presented various radio and television shows OTHER INFORMATION He and his grandson were shot while in his car by unknown assailants • Salinas had been arrested three times: (1) for threats, robbery and murder, (2) for human trafficking and the falsification of public documents and (3) for murder, illegal possession of firearms, fraud and forgery STATUS Case unsolved IMPUNITY Yes JOB DESCRIPTION
17. LUIS ARTURO MONDRAGÓN MORAZÁN DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2010 Manager of Canal 19 in El Paraíso and the news program “Teleprensa” OTHER INFORMATION Killed while leaving the television station • Reported on government corruption, environmental issues and crime • Had received death threats • Security forces stated that there was evidence that the murder was not in relation to his work as a journalist • According to the Office of the Public Prosecutor (Ministerio Público), as of July 2013 investigations were ongoing and new evidence was being sought STATUS Case unsolved IMPUNITY Yes JOB DESCRIPTION
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