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Honduran journalist dies of COVID-19 contracted in prison

| July 18, 2020 5:03 PM

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A Honduran journalist known as a strong critic of President Juan Orlando Hernandez died Saturday at a hospital of COVID-19 that he apparently contracted while in prison on a defamation sentence.

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