(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 July 2006, Álvaro García, host of the radio programme “El Club Paramillo”, was assaulted by two men when he was on his way home in the city of Tierra Alta, Córdoba, northwestern Colombia. García was hit from behind and taken to the outskirts of the city on a motorbike where he […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 July 2006, Álvaro García, host of the radio programme “El Club Paramillo”, was assaulted by two men when he was on his way home in the city of Tierra Alta, Córdoba, northwestern Colombia. García was hit from behind and taken to the outskirts of the city on a motorbike where he was set upon again while being threatened with a gun. Then he was freed. The journalist stated that he did not file an accusation against his aggressors at the time for fear of retaliation. However, on 17 August he talked about his ordeal to the newspaper “El Tiempo”.
García had never received threats and does not know why he was attacked, although he does not rule out that it may be because lately he has been reading the regional newspapers’ headlines on his programme. When he was being beaten he was told that it was because “he said too much.”
Tierra Alta lies a few minutes away from Santafé de Ralito, the city where the government has been holding talks with paramilitary groups as part of the country’s peace process.
