Joseph Hernández Ochoa (1983/84 – March 2, 2010) was a Honduran journalist and television presenter. He hosted an entertainment show on the Honduran television network, Channel 51[1] and was a journalism student at the National Autonomous University of Honduras.[2]

On March 2, 2010, Hernández was driving a colleague, Karol Cabrera, a host on a private radio station, Radio Cadena Voces, through the El Chile neighborhood of Tegucigalpa.[1] The two journalists were ambushed by gunmen around 8 p.m.[1] Hernández was shot several times and died at the scene of the attack.[1] Cabrera, who had received death threats before the attack, suffered gunshot wounds to her left arm, but survived the attack.[1] Hernández was 26 years old.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Journalist killed, another wounded in Honduras shooting". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  2. ↑ "Second Honduran journalist killed in two weeks". International Press Institute. 2010-03-15. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2010-04-05.


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