JOURNALIST, CONGRESSIONAL HOPEFUL IS SHOT DEAD IN HONDURAS
Jun 15, 7:26 PM EDT
JOURNALIST, CONGRESSIONAL HOPEFUL IS SHOT DEAD IN HONDURAS
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- A Honduran journalist running for a congressional seat was shot to death outside his home Thursday in the Caribbean coast city of La Ceiba, authorities and colleagues reported.
Security Minister Julian Pacheco said Victor Funez was intercepted by a helmeted gunman on a motorcycle before dawn as the journalist was about to enter his house in the neighborhood of La Gloria.
Surveillance camera video provided by police shows the attacker shooting from close range at the head of the victim, who falls to the sidewalk. The attacker appears to fire at the body twice more and take the victim's wallet before fleeing.
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Journalist killed by gunfire in Honduras, the 70th since 2003
By AFP - June 15, 2017 at 21:43
A journalist who was a candidate in the legislative elections in Honduras was shot dead in the middle of the streets on Thursday, becoming the 70th reporter killed since 2003 in the Central American country, considered to be one of the most dangerous for this profession.
Victor Funez, 49, who was conducting an opinion program on a local television station, was shot dead in the port city of La Ceiba, 200 kilometers north of the capital, by "an individual on a motorcycle who fired "Police spokesman Julian Hernandez told AFP.
The police said they arrested a suspect for the death of the journalist, who was also a candidate for the post of deputy for the ruling National Party.
A video filmed by a camera that Mr. Funez had in front of his house and published on social networks shows the murderer get off his motorcycle but keep his helmet before approaching the reporter and shooting him at the head.
The journalist falls to the ground and the man shoots him again in the head before leaning to take something in the pockets of his pants.
http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2017/06/15/un-journaliste-tue-par-balles-au-honduras-le-70e-depuis-2003_1577187
