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Acosta, manager of the daily newspaper La Tribuna, was ambushed as he drove home from work in Tegucigalpa. Attackers boxed him in between two vehicles and sprayed his car with gunfire. The 70-year-old Acosta somehow survived and drove home despite his wounds; his family took him to a hospital.
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Co-workers said Acosta didn’t have other business interests, and no known conflicts with anyone.
“Yes, the problem of common crime is shocking, but his car had 30 bullet holes in it,” noted Lauria at the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Some attacks and intimidation seem clearly linked to journalists’ work.
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Excerpts from story by By FREDDY CUEVAS and MARK STEVENSON here.
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