(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 September 2005, Carlos Eduardo Huertas, of “Semana” magazine, received a letter informing him that Alfonso Hilsaca Eljadue, a public works contractor, had filed a criminal complaint against him for defamation and insult. Details of the legal action, which was submitted to the Cartagena Prosecutor’s Office, appeared on the front page of […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 September 2005, Carlos Eduardo Huertas, of “Semana” magazine, received a letter informing him that Alfonso Hilsaca Eljadue, a public works contractor, had filed a criminal complaint against him for defamation and insult. Details of the legal action, which was submitted to the Cartagena Prosecutor’s Office, appeared on the front page of the local edition of “El Universal” newspaper on 25 September. Hilsaca has also launched criminal proceedings against “Portafolio” newspaper columnist Rodolfo Segovia Salas and “Cambio” magazine editor Mauricio Vargas.
The complaint against the three journalists is apparently linked to corruption allegations in the Cartagena state government, in which Hilsaca has been implicated. The contractor claims that the media are waging a campaign to defame him.
