Journalist Luis Baltazar Caviedes Nuñez de la Torre was killed in suspicious circumstances, according to a press release from the National Association of Peruvian Journalists (ANP) distributed by the Human Rights section for Latin America of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The journalist was found unconscious on 2 July on the banks of the Chuyapi river, suffering from bruises and injuries to the right side of his head and right eye, and was taken to the Quillabamba hospital by the police. He was the founder of ANP's Quillabamba branch in Cuzco and worked for the Sur Oriente and Frecuencia Integral radio stations.

ANP says the incident "appears to have been a revenge attack rather than a robbery, as the journalist was found with all his papers and a knapsack containing his belongings." The association also asks that "unconfirmed reports stating that on 1 July the journalist was seen at the office of the local police commissioner, where he had gone for a personal matter, be taken into account." ANP condemned the assassination as well as the silence of the police and the public prosecutor for failing to provide any information on the case to the journalist's family or to other journalists. It called for "a serious and thorough investigation" and insisted "that the authorities take the appropriate legal action and ensure that journalists can safely carry out their work."