International News Safety Institute

24 August 2010

Israel Zelaya

Incident

Israel Zelaya

Cause of death

Other non-natural

Details

Veteran journalist Israel Zelaya was killed hours after being kidnapped by gunmen in the city of San Pedro Sula.

His body was found in a sugar cane plantation near the city of Villanueva.

Three months earlier,the 62-year-old radio commentator for Radio International in San Pedro Sula had complained to authorities that a group of strangers had set his house on fire. Police have no suspects or a motive in the killing.

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