The Minister of Security, Pompeyo Bonilla, has confirmed this evening, that the lifeless body of Radio HRN journalist Ángel Alfredo Villatoro Rivera was found abandoned along the side of the road in an isolated and dimly lit region of Las Uvas, in the southern region of Tegucigalpa. Mr. Villatoro Rivera was abducted on the morning […]
It has been five days since news radio station HRN journalist Ángel Alfredo Villatoro Rivera was abducted, and yet there is still no indication of his whereabouts. Despite calls from the family and public to show mercy and release Mr. Villatoro, there is no indication that this may take place. Family members are beginning to […]
The Presidency of the Republic communicates to the Honduran people and the international community, as follows: 1. Condemnation of the abduction of the journalist Ángel Alfredo Villatoro Rivera, Coordinator of the news radio station HRN. 2. That due to the seriousness and gravity of the case, the Ministry of Security is working together with the […]
A former deputy inspector of the Honduras National Police was arrested today for his supposed link with the kidnapping of journalist Alfredo Villatoro Rivera, Press Coordinator for Radio HRN. Ángel Alfredo Villatoro Rivera was kidnapped this morning in Tegucigalpa, at 4:50 am when he was heading to work at the HRN Radio Station. Mr. Villatoro […]
Radio journalist Luz Marina Paz Villalobos, and her companion (and possible mechanic), Delmer Canales, were gunned down by two men on a motorcycle yesterday in Tegucigalpa. The police reported 47 bullet holes in the vehicle. She and her companion were traveling in a pickup truck belonging to military officer Marco Tulio Leiva, who told reporters […]