Colombia - Colombian radio journalist gunned down two weeks after protection withdrawn

Reporters without borders

Radio station director Luis Carlos Cervantes was gunned down yesterday in Tarazá, a town in the northwestern department of Antioquia, two weeks after the authorities withdrew the police protection he had been getting since 2012. The director of Tarazá-based Radio Morena, Cervantes is said to have been one of the journalists who had received most threats in Antioquia. Three gunmen shot him as he was riding his motorcycle. Colleagues said his murder may have been carried out by the “los (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - mercredi 13 août 2014