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Honduras

TV host killed in car accident

Joseph Hernández Ochoa, 26, TV entertainment host on Channel 51, was killed in his car by two unidentified gunmen in Tegucigalpa on March 1. Hernández was shot several times and died on the scene.

Another journalist, Karol Cabrera, who was also in the car with Hernández, was shot in her left arm. Cabrera received several death threats because of her involvement in a coup against former Honduras president Manuel Zelaya. The incident is linked to her political affiliations.

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