Nahúm Elí Palacios Arteaga

Nahúm Elí Palacios Arteaga (died March 14, 2010) was a Honduran journalist and reporter. Palacios was the news director for the Canal 5 television network in Aguán and the host of a news program on Radio Tocoa within the Colón Department along the Caribbean coast.

Biography An investigative reporter, Palacios focused on local politics, drug trafficking and violence in Honduras. Palacios was driving in the northern city of Tocoa when two cars came alongside his car and fired at his vehicle with AK-47 assault rifles. Palacios, who was shot several times, died at the scene of the attack.

Reaction Palacios's killing triggered protests by dozens of journalists on March 15, 2010, in the city of San Pedro Sula. The journalists demanded an end to violence against colleagues in the country.