18 October 2007
Carlos Salgado
Shooting
Unidentified individuals shot and killed Honduran radio journalist Carlos Salgado as he was leaving the offices of Radio Cadena Voces in the capital city of Tegucigalpa.
Salgado, 67, host of the radio program “Frijol el Terrible,” left the station’s studio at 4 p.m. after recording his show, which combines news and humor. Two individuals intercepted Salgado and shot him at close range, the local press reported. The assailants fled in a gray Toyota Four Runner, according to witnesses cited in press reports. Dagoberto Rodríguez, director of Radio Cadena Voces, believes the attack was retaliation against the station’s investigative reporting on official corruption.
