By Dean Graber
Journalist Gilvan Luiz Pereira, 41, was kidnapped and tortured by three hooded men Thursday night (May 20), in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, the newspaper O Povo reports. Pereira is owner and editor of the regional newspaper “Sem Nome” (Without a name), which opposes the current municipal administration.
Pereira had warned in his writing that he could suffer an attack by the local mayor and a city councilman, Jangadeiro Online reports. The mayor denied the accusations and asked for an investigation of the case.
Local police said Pereira was kidnapped from the doorstep of his home and later found tied up in a car, with several cuts on his body and face. He was recovering in a clinic, but the suspects remained at large, O Povo 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.
