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  • Roméo Langlois (El Tiempo)

    2012 - 5 - 27

    Farc liberarían a Langlois el miércoles

    La noticia fue dada en el programa radial Las Voces del Secuestro (espacio periodístico en el que familiares de secuestrados entregan mensajes de aliento a quienes permanecen en cautiverio), en la madrugada de este domingo, cuando fue leído el documento que, al parecer, pertenecería a las Farc.

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  • (La Prensa)

    2012 - 5 - 25

    Periodistas de Honduras claman este día por no más muertes

    Dudar antes de escribir una noticia, emitirla por la radio o presentarla en televisión por miedo de que ponga en riesgo la vida del periodista que la difunde es la primera grieta en el muro de la libertad de expresión, un temor que ningún Gobierno debería dejar crecer, una incertidumbre que ningún comunicador debería experimentar.

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  • (La Tribuna)

    2012 - 5 - 23

    Caso de Villatoro en Honduras está resuelto en un 90%

    Al menos unos diez altos oficiales, expertos en investigación criminal, fueron asignados a la cacería de los actores intelectuales y materiales del secuestro y muerte del periodista Ángel Alfredo Villatoro Rivera.

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  • 2012 - 5 - 23

    Detienen a presunto homicida del periodista Brad Will

    El procurador de Oaxaca, Manuel Jesús López, confirmó este miércoles la detención de Lenin "N", probable homicida en 2006 del periodista estadounidense Bradley Rolland William, conocido como Brad Will.

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  • Alfredo Villatoro (www.laprensa.hn)

    2012 - 5 - 16

    IAPA condemns killing of kidnapped journalist in Honduras

    Miami (May 16, 2012)—The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today joined other voices raised in outrage at the killing of journalist Alfredo Villatoro in Honduras, who had been kidnapped last week. The Association renewed its call on the authorities of this Central American country to take action to protect journalists and ensure press freedom.

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  • Ricardo Gangeme, Argentina Everyone agrees that his death was for revenge over his constant accusations of shady dealin...
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  • Carlos Quispe Quispe, Bolivia Quispe died from a beating by unknown thugs who stormed the studios of Radio Pucarani, 50 ki...
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  • IVAN ROCHA, Brazil Rocha courageously denounced the existence of a "crime syndicate" -- a group which...
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  • NIVANILDO BARBOSA LIMA, Brazil Two days after he disappeared at nine o'clock on his way to Perpetuo Socorro Church for ...
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  • ELIZABETH OBANDO MURCIA, Colombia Elizabeth was the youngest of the three Obando Murcia children. She earned her living sellin...
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  • JAIME GARZON,Colombia As a journalist, Garzon injected political humor into his radio and TV programs on the news ...
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  • Orlando Sierra, Colombia Orlando Sierra Hernández, shot three times in the head on January 30, 2002, fought ag...
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  • JAIRO ELÍAS MÁRQUEZ, Colombia
    He knew that his irreverence and constant criticism of the brash corruption in Armenia could...
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  • GUSTAVO RUIZ CANTILLO, Colombia

    Ruiz Cantillo was a native of Pivijay, a town in the northern coast of Colombia’s Magdalena department -- capital Santa Marta --  and home to a critical part of the country’s  history, especially in terms of the violence that has plagued the area: the banana dispute of 1928, fatal conflicts brought on by the marijuana bonanza of  the 70's, and the presence since the 80s of paramilitary groups and guerrillas who  use blood and firearms to gain control over the territory and local politics.

    Gustavo Ruiz Cantillo was born, grew up, went to school and learned the reality of his surroundings there to become became a radio journalist, a job he held for 10 years. He knew his community well and adopted an approach that gained him an audience but at the same time brought him risks: he had credibility and always told the truth. And, during his last three years he denounced, based on his own investigation or using the police as a source, the armed groups that were creating uncertainty - and death - among the population.

    He knew very well that Pivijay was controlled by the paramilitaries, that there was  corruption, robbery and theft, that teachers were not paid, and that they raised the rates for the deficient electric utility at will. The reporter kept his large audience by calling attention to all the irregularities in the region. He was a brave and determined defender of freedom of expression, despite the dismal record of Magdalena where 12 journalists had been killed over the past decade.

    But Ruiz Cantillo did not take the necessary safety precautions despite having been stopped on a Pivijay street at noon by three strangers who threatened him, saying: "Don’t  be a squealer. Something bad could happen to you." He only told his brother-in-law, asking him to keep it quiet so the family wouldn’t be alarmed. And he figured out immediately that it was related to his radio reports on the increase in assaults and murders in rural areas and the actions of illegal armed squads.

    A month late Ruiz became the next journalist to be gunned down. At five in the afternoon on November 15, 2000, he crossed the town's market square, not realizing that two men were following him. One of them shot him in the head from behind.

    When the IAPA arrived to check out the investigative process, the case file was tossed on the floor of the Santa Marta’s Special Prosecutor’s office and the official  argued that "time limits ran out and it was not possible to identify anyone involved ." At the request of the IAPA, in February, 2006, the case was transferred to the Human Rights Unit in Bogotá, where the it was reopened and the Prosecutor ordered the implication and capture of several involved, including a paramilitary leader who had been extradited to the U.S., and requested the Criminal Court of Santa Marta to hand down the corresponding sentences.  ...
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  • PARMENIO MEDINA PEREZ, Costa Rica A fellow Colombian had warned him not to uncover what he should not even touch, something th...
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  • IRMA FLAQUER, Guatemala. She was a psychologist and journalist. At one time in her youth she had thought of becoming ...
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  • BRAD WILL, American in Mexico Photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Ronald Bradley Will traveled over 3,000 miles from...
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  • ALFREDO JIMÉNEZ MOTA, Mexico A friend and several ot...
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  • Héctor  Felix  Miranda,  Mexico The clock said 10 past nine in the morning on April 20, 1988. Hector "El Gato" F&e...
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  • VICTOR MANUEL OROPEZA, México A homeopathic doctor, journalist and as well an avid reader. Also a sportsman, excelling in ...
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  • FRANCISCO ORTIZ FRANCO, Mexico He was just getting into his car with two of his young children when a hooded stranger appro...
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  • Armando "El Choco" Rodriguez, Mexico He was settling into hi...
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  • Alberto Rivera Fernández, Peru Since he was killed on April 21, 2004, the colleagues and family of journalist and former Pe...
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  • SANTIAGOLEGUIZAMON, Paraguay
    Leguizamon was an aircraft mechanic who, through training and experience, became a flight en...
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