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Wed May 16, 2012, 05:38 PM May 2012

Abducted Honduras reporter Alfredo Villatoro found dead [View all]

Source: BBC

Honduran journalist Alfredo Villatoro has been found dead on the outskirts of the capital, Tegucigalpa, a week after he was abducted.

Mr Villatoro, a radio reporter, was dressed in a police uniform, Security Minister Pompeyo Bonilla said.

He had been kidnapped by a gang of young men on his way to work on 9 May.

Rights groups say more than 20 reporters have been killed in Honduras since a 2009 coup that ousted the then president, Manuel Zelaya.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18083550

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