David Romero Ellner

David Romero Ellner (died 18 July 2020) was a Honduran journalist, lawyer, politician and sex offender. 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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