"Guatemalan authorities should conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of journalist Orlando Villanueva, determine if it was connected to his journalism, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.
On the afternoon of March 8, an unknown number of unidentified individuals shot and killed Villanueva in a public sports facility in Puerto Barrios, the capital of the Izabal department in eastern Guatemala, according to independent news website Soy 502.
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Villanueva covered local politics and alleged corruption in Izabal, and [his news website] Noticias del Puerto had recently published reporting about crime, security issues, and social protests in the area, according to CPJ’s review of its website."
