kidnapping

Honduras HRN Radio Reporter’s Body Found

Honduras HRN Radio Reporter’s Body Found

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 […]

No Word on Abducted Honduran Journalist

No Word on Abducted Honduran Journalist

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 […]

Doctor’s Kidnapping Ends with Safe Return

Doctor’s Kidnapping Ends with Safe Return

Dr. Óscar Ramón Sabillón García, (41) a pulmonologist who worked at the D’Antoni hospital in La Ceiba, was abducted while driving in the Solares Nuevos neighborhood Monday afternoon; his car was left abandoned three blocks down 14 de Julio Avenue. Hours later, captors called his family to demand a large sum of money for his […]

Honduras Kidnappings Dropped More Than 40%

The Deputy Minister of Security announced that kidnappings in Honduras have dropped by more than 40% this past year. “Everything indicates that over 40% of the number of abductions have decreased in 2010 compared to 2009,” said Vice Minister of Security, Armando Calidonio. The Secretary of Security stated that in total, 117 kidnappings were recorded […]