Georgino Orellana

Who was Georgino Orellana?

Jorge Alberto "Georgino" Orellana was a Honduran journalist, television producer and presenter for Televisión de Honduras, a private television station. Orellana was shot and killed on April 20, 2010, becoming the sixth Honduran journalist to be killed in the country since March 1, 2010.

In addition to his television work, Orellana was a journalism professor at the National Autonomous University of Honduras in San Pedro Sula. He was previously employed by the Prensa newspaper and Televicentro, one Honduras' largest television networks. Orellana departed Televicentro following the 2009 Honduran coup d'état, citing a difference of opinion over the station's editorial position on the country's interim government of President Roberto Micheletti..

Orellana hosted the television news program, En vivo con Georgino, Televisión de Honduras in the northern city of San Pedro Sula. However, Orellana did not report on controversial political or social problems, such as the government or drug trafficking.

Georgino Orellana was shot as he left the Televisión de Honduras station in San Pedro Sula on April 20, 2010, at approximately 9 p.m.