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Journalism in Post-Coup Honduras

By Carlos Lauría, Sara Rafsky

The region’s murder capital is also one of the most dangerous places for journalists. Unfortunately, determining what or who is behind the murder of journalists is not easy.

During the past two decades, as transnational criminal networks have expanded their reach, violence and murder have plagued several Latin American countries. But even among those countries, Honduras stands apart. With an annual homicide rate of 85.5 murders per 100,000 inhabitants—an average of 598 a month, 20 a day, according to a 2012 study conducted by the Violence Observatory at the Honduran National Autonomous University— no place in the region is more violent.1

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