Gabriel Fino Noriega
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Gabriel Fino Noriega was a Honduran
journalist and radio presenter who presented a daily news show on Radio Estelar. He also worked for Radio America (Honduras)
. He was shot dead on July 3, 2009 in San Juan Pueblo, near La Ceiba
in the early days of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
. Noriega was in favour of a constituent assembly and opposed to the 2009 coup d'état. Local human rights organisation COFADEH
attributed the assassination to the coup d'état, while an international human rights mission judged this claim to be a useful line of research.
attributes the assassination to the coup d'état. An international human rights mission considered Noriega's political points of view to offer a line of research for understanding the death, but insufficient proof that the reason for the killing was political. Radio America, his employer and police both discarded politics as a motive for his death and related his murder to personal enemies.
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
journalist and radio presenter who presented a daily news show on Radio Estelar. He also worked for Radio America (Honduras)
Radio America (Honduras)
Radio America is a radio station operating in Honduras since 1948. It currently operates out of both Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula.-External links:...
. He was shot dead on July 3, 2009 in San Juan Pueblo, near La Ceiba
La Ceiba
La Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern boundary of the Gulf of Honduras...
in the early days of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis was a political dispute over plans to rewrite the Constitution of Honduras, which culminated in a coup d'état against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military...
. Noriega was in favour of a constituent assembly and opposed to the 2009 coup d'état. Local human rights organisation COFADEH
Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras
Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras is a human rights NGO in Honduras founded in 1982 by 12 families of disappeared Hondurans, including Bertha Oliva de Nativí , whose husband Professor Tomás Nativí was disappeared in 1981.-Background:Honduras...
attributed the assassination to the coup d'état, while an international human rights mission judged this claim to be a useful line of research.
Career and points of view
Gabriel Fino Noriega expressed opinions in favour of the 4th ballot box Constitutional assembly and against the removal of Manuel Zelaya Rosales on June 28, 2009. Sectors of society were divided over the actions on June 28 and he sympathized with the Resistance that called the removal a coup and other factors of society including the governmental branches said that it was a constitutional destitution from the presidency.Death
Gabriel Fino Noriega was killed by 7 bullets on 3 July when he left his workplace. The local human rights organisation COFADEHComité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras
Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras is a human rights NGO in Honduras founded in 1982 by 12 families of disappeared Hondurans, including Bertha Oliva de Nativí , whose husband Professor Tomás Nativí was disappeared in 1981.-Background:Honduras...
attributes the assassination to the coup d'état. An international human rights mission considered Noriega's political points of view to offer a line of research for understanding the death, but insufficient proof that the reason for the killing was political. Radio America, his employer and police both discarded politics as a motive for his death and related his murder to personal enemies.
External links
- photograph of Gabriel Fino Noriega