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Colombian journalists named in murder plot choose temporary exile

12 June 2013
Reporters Without Borders

Three journalists targeted in an assassination plot disclosed by the Colombian authorities on 15 May, Gonzalo Guillen, Leon Valencia and Ariel Avila, have resigned themselves to a period of temporary exile, despite benefitting from official protection at home.

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In Colombia, criminal gangs pose new press threat

Antioquia department swarms with former paramilitaries who have formed criminal gangs - known in Spanish as bandas criminales - that traffic drugs and extort businesses. The bacrim often work in cahoots with local politicians, and when journalists dig into issues like government corruption, they sometimes receive threats.

‎Committee to Protect Journalists‎24 May 2013

Colombia | Attacks

Radio host shot to death leaving station in western Colombia

Journalist Alberto Lázaro del Valle, a well-known local radio personality and director of the Planeta radio station in Cali, was killed by two people who shot him as he left the station, according to reports from the Cali Metropolitan Police.

‎Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa‎14 May 2013

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