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 […]
Honduran radio journalist, Veronica Caceres of HRN, was attacked today in the facilities of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) by alleged members of the National Front of Popular Resistance, [Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular (FNRP)]. “I was assaulted, insulted and photographed. They pushed me and threatened me with death,” Ms. Caceres said at […]
Radio HRN’s building was compromised yesterday evening, with the explosion of a grenade inside. One person may have lost the hearing in one ear, and another was hit by shrapnel. The blast went off around 10:30 p.m. while a broadcast was taking place. Radio HRN was honoring its 76th year of broadcasting Sunday. The M26-type […]