(CPJ/IFEX) – According to CPJ, journalist Nelson Osorio Patiño was killed on the morning of 27 August 1998 at 7:50 a.m. (local time) as he waited for a car repair shop to open near Avenida Boyuca in western Bogotá (the capital city). A man walked up to Osorio and shot him twice in the head […]
(CPJ/IFEX) – According to CPJ, journalist Nelson Osorio Patiño was killed on
the morning of 27 August 1998 at 7:50 a.m. (local time) as he waited for a
car repair shop to open near Avenida Boyuca in western Bogotá (the capital
city). A man walked up to Osorio and shot him twice in the head and twice
in the shoulder, then fled on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice. Police
have not yet established a motive for the crime.
Osorio was a sports reporter and producer with the “Gran Prix” sports
program, broadcast on Señal Colombia. He was also the owner of a regional
sports newspaper in Florence, Caquetá, and owner of a local news show,
“Revista 7.” He previously worked as a regional correspondent for the Bogotá
daily “El Tiempo” and RCN radio. He had covered the Olympic games in Seoul
and Atlanta and, more recently, the World Cup soccer tournament in France.
CPJ is alarmed by the escalating violence against journalists in Colombia.
CPJ has documented the murder of seven journalists in Colombia this year,
more than any other country. Four were killed in direct reprisal for their
work as journalists (see IFEX alerts).
Recommended Action
Send appeals to President Andrés Pastrana:
justice those responsible for the murder of Osorio, as well as the killers
of the six other murdered Colombian journalists
Appeals To
His Excellency Andrés Pastrana
President of Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 289 3377/ 286 7434 / 286 7324 /287 7937 / 284 2186
Please copy appeals to the source if possible.
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