Journalist shot dead in Paraguay
Journalist shot dead in ParaguayIANS
Oct 17, 2014 at 11:23am IST
Asuncion: A reporter with Paraguay's ABC Color newspaper was shot dead on Thursday in the eastern town of Curuguaty, the third journalist to be slain in the country in 2014.
Two people wearing camouflage intercepted Pablo Medina's car as the correspondent was driving back to Curuguaty after covering a story in nearby Crescencio Gonzalez.
The assailants opened fire on the vehicle.
Medina and 19-year-old Antonia Almada died, while another woman who was in the car escaped unhurt and called local peasant leader Sixto Portillo for help.
Medina had left Curuguaty for several weeks early this year after receiving threats in connection with his reporting, ABC Color said.
Paraguay's interior minister, Francisco de Vargas, said the threats came from marijuana growers in the area.
The victim's brother, a radio journalist, Salvador Medina, was murdered in 2001.
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