Journalist assassinated in western Colombia
Journalist assassinated in western Colombia
Mar 16, 2012 posted by Charles Parkinson
A Colombian journalist was shot dead in broad daylight Thursday on a street in western Colombia, reported Colombian media.
Argemiro Cardenas Agudelo was manager of Metro Radio in Dosquebradas, the Risaralda Department town where he died and where he had previously served as mayor.
The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) condemned the murder, but said it was “not clear that the crime is related to his journalistic work,” but judicial investigations, “will clarify whether the crime was motivated by his status as a journalist.”
The murder occurred at approximately 12:20pm, as Cardenas was walking to a meeting.
FLIP asserted that the journalist had reported threats, while Pereira Metropolitan Police Commander Colonel Gonzalo Lonoño told local media Cardenas “received a call that confirmed an appointment. He then walked to the place where they had arranged to meet and, on the way, an individual shot him, causing his immediate death.”
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