Instituto Prensa y Sociedad

Nevertheless, IPYS insists that the police continue the investigation and arrest the people behind the murder of all three journalists.

José Oquendo Reyes had not received any death threats but had been critical of the provincial mayor on his programme.

Weston Jacson Ibarra Méndez was attacked while covering a judicial procedure involving the mayor of the town of Chiquián.

Pedro Alonso Flores Silva had been receiving threats from unidentified persons that may have been connected to his investigations into corruption.

Ketty Vela said that a hit man told her that he had been hired to kill her, but that he refused to carry out the hit.

Wilmer Solano and William Vegas were assaulted while they were covering an event in which the leader of the Primero Justicia political party was speaking.

Pompilio Peña Ríos sustained injuries to his ribs and wrist, inflicted by the Balsapuerto mayor and his bodyguards, after Peña Ríos asked him about unpaid bills for radio advertisements.

Humberto Espinoza Maguiña believes the threat is linked to his investigations and criticisms of the regional government, the judiciary and the Public Prosecutor’s Office.