(PERIODISTAS/IFEX) – Alberto Lotuf, a journalist for AM LT2 radio station in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe province, 400 kilometres west of Buenos Aires, has denounced that, when leaving his house on the morning of 24 July 2003, he found insults painted on the walls of several houses in his neighbourhood. Some of the […]
(PERIODISTAS/IFEX) – Alberto Lotuf, a journalist for AM LT2 radio station in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe province, 400 kilometres west of Buenos Aires, has denounced that, when leaving his house on the morning of 24 July 2003, he found insults painted on the walls of several houses in his neighbourhood. Some of the graffiti referred to him as a drug trafficker and a criminal. On 25 July, Lotuf filed a complaint about the incident with the Rosario 8th police station.
According to the journalist, the insults may be linked to the upcoming electoral process at the Rosario Central football club. “I assume that this is related to the club’s political situation. In my role as a journalist, I have publicised my efforts to get some questions about the club, which compromise its future, clarified,” he said.
Lotuf also stated that, the week before the insults appeared, he received two anonymous telephone calls at the radio station in which he was warned to stop talking about the situation at the club, which is one of the most important in Rosario.
