(CPJ/IFEX) – On 8 November 1997, journalist Francisco Castro Menco was shot dead by unidentified individuals in his home in Majagual, a town in the department of Sucre. Castro was president of the Fundacion Cultural, a radio station that had recently been granted a licence by the Ministry of Communications. He hosted a daily program […]
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 8 November 1997, journalist Francisco Castro
Menco was shot dead by unidentified individuals in his home in
Majagual, a town in the department of Sucre. Castro was president
of the Fundacion Cultural, a radio station that had recently been
granted a licence by the Ministry of Communications. He hosted a
daily program on local topics. Castro’s relatives suspect that he
was murdered because he used his radio show to call for peace
throughout the violence-ridden area around Majagual, according to
local journalists and a local press report.
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Castro
Appeals To
His Excellency Ernesto Samper Pizano
President of the Republic
Palacio de Narino
Carrera 8, No. 7-26
Santafe de Bogota, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 289 3377 / 286 7434 / 286 7324/ 287 7937 / 284 2186
correo electronico: esamper@presidencia.gov.coDr. Horacio Serpa Uribe
Minister of Interior
Ministry of Interior
Carrera 8, No.8-09, Piso 2
Santafe de Bogota, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 286 6524 / 286 0485 / 251 5884Dr. Jaime Bernal Cuellar
State Prosecutor
Carrera 5, No. 15-80
Santafe de Bogota
Fax: +57 1 281 7531 / 342 9723Dr. Carlos Vicente de Roux
Presidential Advisor on Human Rights
Palacio de Narino
Santafe de Bogota, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 3371 13 51Lic. Alfonso Gomez Mendez
Attorney General
Calle 35, No. 4-32
Bogota, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 288 2828Copies to:
Dr. Jose Fernando Castro Caycedo
Ombudsman of Colombia
Calle 55, No. 10-46
Bogota, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 346 3339 / 346 2947 / 346 1225
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