Herlyn Espinal

The 32-year-old TV journalist went missing and his half naked body was found a day later on the side of a highway with gunshot wounds, according to media reports. Espinal presented a programme entittled ' Hoy Mismo' on Channel 3 Television based in San Pedro Sula, the second largest city of Honduras and one of the worst crime-stricken in the country. Media reports said the he went missing after a meal with a friend at a restaurant and went to his mother's house. he was last seen alive getting into another vehicle with three individuals inside. A suspect was reportedly arrested in connection the journalist's killing.

Source: EFE/Huffington Post

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