Carlos Salgado

Carlos Salgado (? - October 11, 2007) was a Honduran radio journalist and comedian. Salgado hosted a satirical radio show called Bean the Terrible and focused on social commentary and the satirising of well-known public figures in Honduras.^[1] His career as a popular radio journalist and commentator last more than 40 years.^[2]

Assassination

Salgado was shot several times as he left his job at Radio Cadena Voices in Tegucigalpa on October 11, 2007.^[1] He was taken to a local hospital in the capital city where he was pronounced dead. Salgado was 67 years old.^[2] Salgado's killers escaped. It was unclear exactly why Salgado was murdered,^[2] though his radio show often criticized social conditions and politics in Honduras.^[1]

Before the murder, some of the station's journalists had been intimidated and received death threats. Manuel Zelaya had said to the station's correspondent Carolina Torres "If I was Hugo Chávez, I would have had this radio station shut down a long time ago."^[3] Salgado's killing came at a time of increased tension between the Honduran media and the government of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.^[1] The Honduran media had been increasingly critical of several of Zelaya's policies.^[1]

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