Daughter of Honduran Journalist Murdered
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Image: Proceso Digital
I have read many reports of politically motivated deaths in the past few months in Honduras. Often these are blamed on the supporters of the current Honduran government. But as Ulf Erlingsson said in his blog yesterday, the murder rate in Honduras has been increasing to levels never seen before. It is relatively easy to find people who oppose the government who were murdered when the murder rate is 60 per 100,000 people. Those eager to blame the government are silent when someone like President Micheletti’s nephew are murdered.
Yesterday, Nicolle Rodríguez Cabrera, the daughter of Honduran journalist Carol Cabrera, was killed on her way home by two men on a motorcycle. Her mother, Carol, had denounced constant death threats in the past few months. We may assume that the murderers were targeting her mother, because they had followed her car, which had several people in it, and shot into it randomly. Cabrera works for Radio Cadena Voces, and has reportedly been a vocal supporter of the new Honduran government.
Radio Cadena voces has a bitter history of opposing Manuel Zelaya. In 2007, Carlos Salgado, beloved for his satirical character “Frijol el Terrible” was murdered as he was leaving work. A few days earlier, two of his co-workers had been sued by notorious Marcelo Chimirri, an extremely corrupt friend of Zelaya with alleged ties to the Sicilian mafia. Chimirri was then the head of the government telecom. A few weeks later, Dagoberto Rodriguez, head of Radio Cadena Voces was forced to leave the country because of death threats. Outcry from Chimirri’s corrupt acts and the possible murder of a key witness, whose ashen remains were found in the back of an incinerated semi-trailer, forced Chimirri to resign. He is currently in jail.
Nicolle was only sixteen, and was pregnant. Her fetus was 7 months old, and survived its mother’s death.
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SOLO QUIERO DECIR QUE MICHELETTI NO ES NI NUNCA SERA EL PRESIDENTE DE HONDURAS. SOLO SON UNOS CUANTOS Q DICEN ESO.. SOLO LOS QUE ESTAN CON EL lo dicen
YA QUE MICHELETTI ES UN GOLPISTA Y UN DESTRUCTOR DE LA DEMOCRACIA EN HONDURAS.. Y LES GUSTE O NO LES GUSTE ESA ES LA VERDA
Podría mencionarte algunos golpistas y destructores de la democracia como Fidel y Chavez….