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'The State looked the other way': Colombia apologizes for murder of journalist Guillermo Cano

“The night of Dec. 17, 1986 left an open wound in the history of Colombian journalism. That day Guillermo Cano, former director of El Espectador, was murdered by hitmen linked to the Medellín Cartel. Within the framework of Journalist's Day and 37 years later, the Colombian State apologized for the incident and recognized its responsibility […]

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Journalist Mardonio Mejía's murder leaves news vacuum in municipality in Sucre, Colombia

"Two weeks ago, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, journalist Mardonio Mejía Mendoza was murdered in San Pedro, Sucre [Colombia]. Since then, Sonora Estéreo 94.3 FM, the community radio station where he was manager and journalist, and the only one in the municipality, shut down. His murder brought an unprecedented silence to this town in the Sucre […]

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Colombia: Journalist requested protection after Clan del Golfo threats

"Journalist Alberto Henao Peralta denounced a series of threats by members of the Clan del Golfo [an armed narco-paramilitary group in Colombia]. In a video, spread through the X account of Paloma Valencia [Colombian lawyer and senator], the journalist from Sucre indicated that he has had to leave his territory for fear of these threats. […]

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Colombian State to apologize for murder of journalist and director of El Espectador, Guillermo Cano Isaza

In an event scheduled for Feb. 9, Journalist's Day in Colombia, the State will admit its responsibility in the assassination of the journalist and director of the newspaper El Espectador, Guillermo Cano Isaza. Cano Isaaza was murdered on Dec. 17, 1986 by order of then-head of the Medellín cartel, Pablo Escobar, due to the journalist's […]

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Mardonio Mejía, the 'people's journalist,' murdered in Sucre, Colombia

“Once again they silenced a journalist. The bullets took away the voice of Mardonio Mejía Mendoza, 65, the director of the community radio station Sonora Estéreo, in San Pedro (Sucre). An active member of the livestock association of that department in the Colombian Caribbean, at 7:23 p.m. on Wednesday [Jan. 24] two men approached him […]

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IACHR grants precautionary measures to 9 journalists from radio stations in Colombia

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures regarding the safety of nine journalists working at radio stations in Colombia, after "considering that they are in a situation of serious risk as a result of death threats and harassment attributed to armed groups operating in the area where they carry out their journalistic […]

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Six journalists attacked during coverage of Colombian soccer match

The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, by its Spanish acronym) of Colombia denounced the attack of at least six journalists who were covering a soccer match between Atlético Nacional and Deportivo Independiente Medellín, on Sunday, Dec. 3. Journalists from Win Sports, Teleantioquia and ESPN were victims of insults, blows, harassment and damage to their journalistic […]

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Journalists from Colombia and Guatemala were among RSF Press Freedom Prize winners

At a ceremony on Nov. 28 in Brussels, the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) presented its Press Freedom Awards. The founder of the Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, José Rubén Zamora, received the award in the “Independence” category. The Colombian journalist Juan Pablo Barrientos was awarded in the “Impact” category. RSF highlighted Zamora’s work for two decades […]

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Journalists from Colombia, Guatemala and Haiti among nominees for RSF Press Freedom Awards

Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in French) announced the journalists nominated for its thirty-first edition of the Press Freedom Awards, which will be presented on Nov. 28 in Brussels. There are 21 journalists, photographers, media outlets and press associations nominated in the three categories of the awards: Courage, Impact and Independence. RSF also […]

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Colombia: El Tiempo journalist in Sincelejo receives death threats

"The [Colombian] newspaper El Tiempo expressed its rejection of the death threats received by Francisco Javier Barrios, correspondent of that media outlet in Sincelejo (Sucre) and also the director of the media outlet Notisabanas. According to the National Association of Journalists, to which he belongs, the threats were received via WhatsApp, calls and text messages. […]

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Colombia: Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award announces winners

"On the night of Wednesday, Nov. 15, the 48th edition of the Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award was held. The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo [in Bogota] was the venue for the event, in which the best journalistic pieces made for television, radio, print, photography, university-affiliated, among others, were recognized." Read original article (in […]

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FLIP of Colombia rejects Attorney General's Office order as restricting the journalistic practice of Raya Magazine

"On Oct. 27, Edinson Bolaños, journalist and director of the magazine [Revista Raya], was contacted by an investigator of the Technical Investigation Corps of the Attorney General's Office of Colombia [CTI or Cuerpo Técnico de Investigación de la Fiscalía General de Colombia], who stated that he had an order issued by Local Prosecutor's Office 515 […]