Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Photographer and his assistant murdered in Cali
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 21 October 2007, hired killers shot to death photographer Carlos Alberto Jaramillo and his assistant, Julio César García. The crime took place in the neighbourhood of Los Alcázares, in northern Cali, when the journalists were setting off in a car in order to cover a cycling competition. Jaramillo, 50, was shot several […]
District councilor assaults journalist, accuses him of assault
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 October 2007, journalist Carlos Monja Timaná, of the newspaper “El Ciclón”, was insulted and slapped by María Yarlaqué Chávez, councilor of the district José Leonardo Ortiz in the Lambayeque region of northern Peru. The councilor surprised the journalist while he was conducting a street interview. According to Monja Timaná, the assault […]
Editor, two journalists and a cartoonist convicted of criminal defamation
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 September 2007, Judge Haydee Monzón, of the First Criminal Transitory Court of Lima, convicted the editor of the newspaper “La República”, Gustavo Mohme Seminario, as well as cartoonist Carlos Tovar Samanez (“Carlín”) and journalists Ángel Páez and Edmundo Cruz, of aggravated defamation. The ruling imposes a two-year suspended prison sentence and […]
Two journalists beaten by mob of political militants following articles alleging corruption
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 3 October 2007, Miltón Otero and Julio Daniel Otero, photographer and editor, respectively, of the fortnightly paper “El Observador”, were beaten by a mob comprised of supporters of the political coalition Colombia Democrática. The attack was led by former mayor José Bentín Figueroa and the teacher Rafael Figueroa Flórez, and took place […]
Journalist convicted of defamation; journalists assaulted by striking workers in Yurimaguas
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 4 August 2007, the First Transitory Criminal Bench of the Supreme Court convicted journalist Juan Carlos Tafur of aggravated defamation, over articles published when he was editor of the newspaper “Correo”. The court suspended the journalist’s prison sentence in exchange for his compliance with certain rules of conduct. The court set civil […]
Police officers assault camera operator covering a business meeting in Chiclayo
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 4 October 2007, Carlos Quiroga, camera operator for Canal 21 Universal television station, was beaten by plainclothes policemen while he covered a meeting of businesspersons in La Mercedes market in the city of Chiclayo, in Lambayeque region, northern Peru. The camera operator was taping the meeting when the policemen, whose surnames are […]
Radio journalist receives death threat following report on “narco-terrorism”
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 October 2007, Radio Libertad journalist Angélica Reyes, who hosts the programme “Dialogando con el pueblo”, received a death threat through the transmission cabin telephone while she was broadcasting her programme live. The incident took place in Tocache, in San Martín region of northeastern Peru. The journalist had just finished interviewing the […]
Two army officers sentenced for 1988 murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 October 2007, the National Criminal Bench, presided over by Judge Clotilde Cavero Nalvarte, sentenced Víctor La Vera Hernández, commander and military chief of Huanta, Ayacucho, and Captain Amador Vidal Sanbento to 17 and 15 years in prison, respectively, for the murder of journalist and correspondent for “Caretas magazine”, Hugo Bustíos, which […]