(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing its sorrow over the 13 May 1999 murder of Ricardo Gangeme, publisher and editor of the weekly magazine “El Informador Chubutense”, in the town of Trelew, Chubut Province. CPJ hopes that the investigation will soon reach a successful conclusion. **Updates IFEX alerts of 14 and 13 May 1999** At 1:28 […]
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing its sorrow over the 13 May 1999 murder of
Ricardo Gangeme, publisher and editor of the weekly magazine “El Informador
Chubutense”, in the town of Trelew, Chubut Province. CPJ hopes that the
investigation will soon reach a successful conclusion.
**Updates IFEX alerts of 14 and 13 May 1999**
At 1:28 a.m. (local time), when Gangeme was parking his Chevrolet in front
of his downtown apartment, a man shot him point blank in the head with a .38
caliber pistol. A police officer who heard the shot arrived at the scene
within a few minutes. Witnesses saw a man fleeing the scene on foot.
Gangeme’s wallet contained checks and a large sum of money, making robbery
an unlikely motive.
Gangeme, 56, had a long track-record in journalism. At the age of 14, he
started working at the Buenos Aires weekly magazine “Qué”; he spent 16 years
with the tabloid “Cronica” and directed Radio Argentina. In 1992, he moved
to Trelew, where he edited the daily “La Jornada” until 1998. Toward the end
of that year, he founded the weekly “El Informador Chubutense”, which was
known for denouncing corruption and revealing intimate details of the lives
of local authorities and businessmen. According to local press reports,
Gangeme’s polemic reporting earned him many enemies. Two suspects who were
briefly detained have now been released.
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unpunished, While expressing encouragement by the reactions of His
Excellency and other authorities in condemning this crime
continues, so that the authors of the crime will be captured and the motive
established
demonstrating
his commitment to ensuring that those who seek to silence journalists
through violence are duly punished
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Carlos Saúl Menem
President of Argentina
Casa de Gobierno
Balcarce 50
1064 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Fax: +54 1 331 6735
E-mail: spyd@presidencia.gov.ar
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