(IPYS/IFEX) – For several days, José Olaya, editor-in-chief of the Lima daily “El Tio”, has been receiving death threats through anonymous telephone calls in which the caller shouts, “this time they won’t miss.” The last threatening calls he received (as of 25 August) were placed on 22 August between 10 and 10:15 a.m. (local time) […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – For several days, José Olaya, editor-in-chief of the Lima
daily “El Tio”, has been receiving death threats through anonymous telephone
calls in which the caller shouts, “this time they won’t miss.” The last
threatening calls he received (as of 25 August) were placed on 22 August
between 10 and 10:15 a.m. (local time) to the newspaper’s office.
According to IPYS, these incidents are worrisome since it is not the first
time Oyala has received these types of threats. Even worse, recalls IPYS, is
that on 14 November 1996, when Oyala was editor of the daily “El Chino”, he
survived an attack which left him with six gunshot wounds. He was travelling
in his car with his wife, when two assailants on a motorcycle shot at him
seven times at point-blank range.
According to IPYS, “El Tio” is a sensationalist daily which often attacks
journalists and members of the opposition. This includes the campaign
launched against “La República” investigative journalist Angel Paez (for
background, see IFEX alert of 2 June 1998 and others).
