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Murder of Prominent Honduran Journalist "Sends a Terrible Message"


Thelma Mejía

TEGUCIGALPA - A few short hours after Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said he had seen evidence that Alfredo Villatoro, a radio reporter kidnapped May 9, was alive, the journalist’s body was found in a residential neighbourhood on the south side of the capital.

Maternal Deaths Drop By Nearly Half
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Murder of Prominent Honduran Journalist "Sends a Terrible Message"
A few short hours after Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said he had seen evidence that Alfredo Villatoro, a radio reporter kidnapped May 9, was alive, the journalist's body was found in a residential neighbourhood on the south side of the capital.
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Murder of Prominent Honduran Journalist "Sends a Terrible Message"
A few short hours after Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said he had seen evidence that Alfredo Villatoro, a radio reporter kidnapped May 9, was alive, the journalist's body was found in a residential neighbourhood on the south side of the capital.
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Rio+20: European Parliament Absent in Sustainability Summit
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