Journalist sends himself death threats

[Judi Lynn]

Journalist sends himself death threats
April 29 2015 at 12:33pm
By AFP

Bogota - A Colombian journalist who admitted to sending himself death threats to benefit from state protection will face criminal charges, authorities said on Tuesday.

Yesid Toro, a former crime reporter at a tabloid in the western city of Cali, admitted last week in an open letter that he was the author of a flyer circulated last September that threatened eight journalists including himself.

The flyer was signed “Clan Usuga,” a powerful drug gang, but Toro said he in fact wrote it himself to because he did not want to lose the security provided to him by Colombia's National Protection Unit (UNP), which was set to expire.

The UNP, which granted him “special protection measures” because of the flyer, said it would press charges, calling it “irresponsible” to threaten other journalists.

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