David Romero Ellner

David Romero Ellner (died 18 July 2020) was a Honduran journalist, lawyer, politician . He was director of Radio Globo and Globo TV. He was known for his investigations into corruption in the country and for sexually abusing his own daughter in 2002, a crime to which he pleaded guilty in 2004.

He died on 18 July 2020, from COVID-19 that he contracted in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic in Honduras. Earlier in 2020, CPJ and 190 other agencies urged world leaders to release all journalists imprisoned for their work due to the threat of incurring COVID-19 in prison.

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