(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 August 2006, César David Bracamonte, a photographer for the daily “El Siglo”, was detained by an Aragua State police officer when he was covering a raid in the city of Maracay, central Venezuela. The policeman snatched his camera and deleted the photographs. Even after he identified himself, the reporter was taken […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 August 2006, César David Bracamonte, a photographer for the daily “El Siglo”, was detained by an Aragua State police officer when he was covering a raid in the city of Maracay, central Venezuela. The policeman snatched his camera and deleted the photographs.
Even after he identified himself, the reporter was taken to the police station in a private car driven by the regional police’s head of intelligence. Once there, he was told that it is forbidden to take photographs of that kind of police operation. His camera was then returned to him, without photos. He was then released.
Bracamonte stated to IPYS that he has covered this kind of operation many times and has never been stopped from taking photographs before.
