“The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) announced Monday [Aug. 10] that it had begun reviewing public allegations of threats and interference against the judge overseeing the criminal case against Roosevelt Hernández, the former head of the Armed Forces [of Honduras], who is accused of offenses related to freedom of expression.
The investigation was announced by the Special Prosecutor’s Office for the Protection of Journalists and Human Rights Defenders (FEPRODDHH), after the Honduran Journalists’ Association (CPH) and the organizations Asopodehu and Joprodehu raised concerns about alleged pressure targeting the judge handling the case.
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The case started when journalists Dagoberto Rodríguez Coello, Rodrigo Wong Arévalo and Juan Carlos Sierra filed a complaint saying they had been targeted by disparaging publications circulated through an institutional digital outlet of the Armed Forces.
According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office investigation, that outlet published an edition on May 26, 2025, titled ‘Hitmen of the Truth,’ which questioned the three journalists. The publication also included several pages of content targeting them, prompting the journalism community to denounce it as a smear campaign.”
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This story was translated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera
