[2] On the same day that Mendoza was killed in Danli, Manuel Acosta Medina, who is the managing editor or La Tribuna in Tegucigalpa was shot multiple times while driving home but survived.
Three days after the death of Mendoza, an unknown gunmen shot and wounded Manuel Acosta Medina, who is the general manager of a Honduran newspaper.
[4] Twelve Honduran journalists, including Nery Geremias Orellana,[8] have been murdered since March 2010, at least three in direct reprisal for their work, CPJ research shows.
Radio Voz de Zacate Grande director Franklin Mendez was shot in the leg over the station's critical coverage of land disputes in the area.
[9] In April, director of San Pedro Sula-based Radio Uno, Arnulfo Aguilar[10] was ambushed by a group of armed men outside his home.