(IPYS/IFEX) – During the early hours of 30 September 2006, a load of dynamite exploded in a house near that belonging to journalist Elías Navarro Palomino, a correspondent for the daily newspaper “La República”. It seems that the assailants left the explosives in the nearby house by mistake. A note left at the site of […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – During the early hours of 30 September 2006, a load of dynamite exploded in a house near that belonging to journalist Elías Navarro Palomino, a correspondent for the daily newspaper “La República”. It seems that the assailants left the explosives in the nearby house by mistake. A note left at the site of the explosion, threatening the journalist and his family, leaves no doubts about the intended target. The blast caused no casualties but damaged the house’s walls. The motives behind the attack are unknown. The event took place in the city of Ayacucho.
Navarro told IPYS that between August and September he received several telephoned death threats after he had reported, in an article in “Linea Roja” magazine, on alleged administrative irregularities by the directors of the financial institution Cooperativa Santa María Magdalena. He did not rule out that the attack may be linked to that accusation.
The region’s police and the ministry of the attorney general (Ministerio Público) are investigating the attack. Navarro has asked the city’s Prefecture for protection. IPYS will continue to investigate the case.
