David Romero Ellner (died 18 July 2020)[1] was a Honduran journalist, lawyer and politician. He was a Liberal party congressman and formerly mayor of Tegucigalpa.[2][3] He was director of Radio Globo and Globo TV.[4] He was known for his investigations into corruption in the country.[5]
He died on 18 July 2020, from COVID-19 that he contracted in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic in Honduras.[4] Earlier in 2020, CPJ and 190 other agencies urged world leaders to release all journalists imprisoned for their work due to the threat of incurring COVID-19 in prison.[6][4]