"On July 10, 2026, journalist Kevin Rodríguez, director of the digital news outlet Otorongo News and producer of the radio newscast La Voz de la Selva, reported receiving a death threat at his home in the Anita Cabrera neighborhood of Iquitos, in the Loreto region of northeastern Peru.
During the early morning hours, Rodríguez found an envelope outside his home containing a handwritten threat and two bullets. According to the journalist, the act of intimidation is directly linked to his recent investigations into public spending by several municipal governments, which he has conducted using the transparency portal of Peru's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)."
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Translated with AI assistance and edited by Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera.
