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Journalist, Gay Rights Activist Slain in Honduras

HeadlineMay 11, 2012

In Honduras, a Honduran journalist and gay rights activist has been murdered in the capital, Tegucigalpa. The victim, 32-year-old Erick Alex Martínez Ávila, was reportedly strangled to death. He is at least the 19th journalist to be killed in Honduras since the coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya three years ago next month.

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