(IPYS/IFEX) – On 25 July 2006, journalist Francisco Rodríguez Robles, the host and director of the radio programme “Sin Fronteras” broadcast on Radio Studio 97, was assaulted by a municipal employee of Huaraz, a city in northwestern Peru. The incident took place in front of the city’s Departmental Institute of Culture, after the journalist interviewed […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 25 July 2006, journalist Francisco Rodríguez Robles, the host and director of the radio programme “Sin Fronteras” broadcast on Radio Studio 97, was assaulted by a municipal employee of Huaraz, a city in northwestern Peru.
The incident took place in front of the city’s Departmental Institute of Culture, after the journalist interviewed the mayor, Lombardo Mautino Ángeles. According to Rodríguez, his questions made the mayor uncomfortable. For this reason, the head of the Institutional Image office for the municipality, Alberto Escobar, complained to him about the interview. Rodríguez was indicating his willingness to discuss the matter with Escobar when he was struck from behind. The journalist did not know the identity of his assailant, but recognised him as a municipal employee.
Rodríguez filed a report on the incident with the city police.
