Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Colombia - Journalist investigating child prostitution attacked in Colombia

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Reporters without borders

The journalist Oscar Castaño Valencia was assaulted and threatened by armed men four days ago as he was investigating the involvement of criminal gangs in child prostitution in Antioquia department in North-West Colombia. For the past three months Castaño, director of the program “Oriéntese” on the TV station Cosmovisión, has been carrying out an investigation into child prostitution activities by the criminal groups known as “combos” in the town of Bello in Antioquia. He was on his way to meet a (...)

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