Ex-Military Chief Charged Over Attacks on the Press

Published on Honduras Daily · Sep 3, 2026 · Originally reported September 2, 2026 by Radio América

A judge formally charged former military chief Roosevelt Hernández after the Journalists' Association complained about a social-media post in which he called several reporters "hired killers" (sicarios), a charge Hernández says amounts to censorship.

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