He was murdered July 14, 2011, in San Lorenzo after confirming his attendance at a regional meeting of community radio stations.
At the time he was found, Orellana was alive and he was transferred from a clinic to a nearby medical facility in El Salvador, where he died around 2 p.m.[1][2][7] His murder has not yet been solved and the motive has not been confirmed.
He also told the Comité por la Libre Expresión, also known as C-Libre Honduras, that Orellana was going to grant the National Popular Resistance Front to airtime the radio.
I call on the authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of these crimes to ensure that everyone in the country is free to exercise their fundamental human right of freedom of expression without fearing for their lives."
Robert Mahoney, who is the deputy director of the CPJ, said: "Since the coup, an alarmingly high number of journalists have been killed in Honduras but few perpetrators have been brought to justice.
"[3] A statement from Reporters Without Borders said: "Honduras’ recent readmission to the Organization of American States, has not in any way addressed the problems created by the June 2009 coup d’état or the resulting challenges that the country still faces – the need to restore the rule of law and establish real pluralism.