“A statement from the Board for the Safety of Journalists of Paraguay said the investigation of the crime of Sandro Saúl Sánchez Benítez, 38, which happened on March 16 in Pedro Juan Caballero, in the Department of Amambay, is essential.
The victim was shot dead three times by a lone motorcyclist.
Sandro Saúl Sánchez was a well-known journalist from the border, owner of the digital media outlet Amambay Noticias and a producer of medicinal cannabis oil.
'We consider it extremely essential that investigations aimed at clarifying and punishing this crime be oriented in a way to confirm or rule out whether it was motivated by the victim's informative activity,' according to the statement."
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