David Meza Montesinos was a Honduran

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...

 radio

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 journalist

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. He reported for the El Patio radio station

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 for more than 30 years before his murder in 2010. Meza was also a general assignment

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 correspondent

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 for the Radio America

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:...

 national broadcaster

Broadcasting

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Meza, who investigated drug trafficking within Honduras, reportedly received death threats in 2010, according to the El Tiempo newspaper. Meza was shot and killed at approximately 5:30 p.m. on March 11, 2010, while driving near his home in the northern Honduran city of La Ceiba

La Ceiba

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. The shots, which were fired from another vehicle, caused Meza's car to crash into a house. He was 51 years old. His funeral, which was attended by thousands of people, was held in La Ceiba.

The La Tribuna

La Tribuna

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paid tribute to Meza, calling him a "journalist of the people." Meza was one of five Honduran journalists to be killed in the country during March 2010.