Honduras journalist attacked after reporting on WikiLeaks cable

[Judi Lynn]

Honduras journalist attacked after reporting on WikiLeaks cable
By Eric W. Dolan
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 -- 10:27 pm

The director of an educational radio station in Honduras narrowly escaped an attack by armed gunman after he spoke on air about a leaked U.S. State Department cable released by WikiLeaks, according to the media rights group Reporters Without Borders.

Ten masked gunmen were waiting for Arnulfo Aguilar, the director of Radio Uno, near his house after he reported on the leaked document, which accused the Honduran army of selling arms to drug cartels in Colombia and Mexico.

The State Department cable noted that serial numbers on light anti-tank weapons and grenades recovered in Mexico and Colombia matched the numbers on arms that had previously been sold to Honduras.

Aguilar said he managed to avoid a number of the gunmen and others fled after hearing him call his neighbors and the police for help. His radio station supports the opposition National Front for Popular Resistance.

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