Bartolo Fuentes was grabbed by police officers while filming a critical segment on Facebook live. The police seized his mobile phone. Fuentes was reporting on a protest against President Juan Orlando Hernández. The protesters were chanting “Where is the money?” in reference to 100,000 lempiras that the government had supposedly earmarked for the pandemic.
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Honduran police seize journalist’s mobile phone during live critical report on COVID-19 funds
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