Radio journalist receives new death threat

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Instituto Prensa y Sociedad

23 March 2006

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(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 March 2006, Radio Órbita journalist Rory Huaney Rodríguez was assaulted and threatened with death once more by Jean Carlo León Martínez, son of Amaro León León, the former mayor of the province of Yungay. León León was convicted on 14 December 2005 for the February 2004 murder of journalist Antonio De […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 March 2006, Radio Órbita journalist Rory Huaney Rodríguez was assaulted and threatened with death once more by Jean Carlo León Martínez, son of Amaro León León, the former mayor of the province of Yungay. León León was convicted on 14 December 2005 for the February 2004 murder of journalist Antonio De La Torre.

Huaney was previously threatened by León Martínez on 26 December 2005 and provided special protection. The latest threat took place in the streets of Yungay, Ancash region, northwestern Peru.

León Martínez warned the journalist that he would kill him if he continued broadcasting information about the proceedings against his father.

The journalist filed an accusation with the local police.

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