Jorge Alberto "Georgino" Orellana (February 14 1960 - April 20, 2010, Age 50) 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...

 journalist

Journalist

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, television producer

Television producer

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 and presenter

Presenter

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 for Televisión de Honduras, a private television station

Television station

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. Orellana was shot and killed on April 20, 2010, becoming the sixth Honduran journalist to be killed in the country since March 1, 2010.

In addition to his television work, Orellana was a journalism

Journalism

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 professor

Professor

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 at the National Autonomous University of Honduras

National Autonomous University of Honduras

The National Autonomous University of Honduras is the national public university of Honduras. It was founded in 1847 and has many campuses throughout the country.-Autonomy:...

 in San Pedro Sula. He was previously employed by the Prensa newspaper and Televicentro

Televicentro (Honduras)

Televicentro or TVC is a television station in Honduras. located in the capital Tegucigalpa. It was founded in 1987 in order to unite as one business the three television channels Canal 5, Canales 3 y 7 and Telecadena 7 y 4.-External links:*...

, one Honduras' largest television network

Television network

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s. Orellana departed Televicentro following the 2009 Honduran coup d'état

2009 Honduran coup d'état

The 2009 Honduran coup d'état, part of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, occurred when the Honduran Army ousted President Manuel Zelaya and sent him into exile on June 28, 2009. It was prompted by his attempts to schedule a non binding poll on holding a referendum about convening a...

, citing a difference of opinion over the station's editorial position on the country's interim government of President Roberto Micheletti

Roberto Micheletti

Roberto Micheletti Baín is a former de facto president of Honduras who served as a result of the 2009 coup d'état. The Honduran military was ordered by the Supreme Court to forcefully detain President Manuel Zelaya once the Court stated he was violating the Honduran constitution; Zelaya was exiled...

. (Televicentro had favored the interim government over ousted former President Manuel Zelaya

Manuel Zelaya

José Manuel Zelaya Rosales is a politician who was President of Honduras from January 27, 2006 until June 28, 2009. The eldest son of a wealthy businessman, he inherited his father's nickname "Mel," and, before entering politics, was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses.Elected...

).

Orellana hosted the television news program, En vivo con Georgino (Georgino Live), Televisión de Honduras in the northern city of San Pedro Sula

San Pedro Sula

San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...

. However, Orellana did not report on controversial political or social problems, such as the government or drug trafficking.

Georgino Orellana was shot as he left the Televisión de Honduras station in San Pedro Sula on April 20, 2010, at approximately 9 p.m. He was taken to Hospital Mario Catarino Rivas, where he was pronounced dead, becoming the sixth journalist to be killed in Honduras since March 1, 2010.