Guatemalan investigative journalist Marvin del Cid Acevedo, who works for the newspaper elPeriódico, has received several death threats recently, after writing about official corruption and serving as a witness in a murder trial against security forces, reported Amnesty International.
His house also was robbed and two computers stolen, according to Article 19. On a mirror in the house was scrawled: "You are going to die."
Harassment against Guatemalan journalists has increased this year, elPeriódico said.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
