Manuel de Jesús Juárez

Who is Manuel de Jesús Juárez?

Manuel de Jesús Juárez was a Honduran radio journalist. Juarez, and his colleague, José Bayardo Mairena Ramírez, was one of five Honduran journalists to be murdered in Honduras during March 2010.

On March 26, 2010, Juarez and his colleague, José Bayardo Mairena Ramírez, were ambushed while driving in eastern Honduras. Juarez had just finished hosting a radio program when the vehicle they were driving was attacked near the town of Juticalpa in the eastern Olancho Department. The unidentified gunmen opened fire on the car and then shot both journalists. Juarez was 55 years old at the time of his killing.

Juarez was one of five journalists to be murdered in Honduras during March 2010.