Journalist is executed in northern Colombia

“We reject and deeply regret the murder of journalist Luis Gabriel Pereira in Cienaga de Oro, Córdoba, who recently denounced the murders committed against women in this municipality,” tweeted Interior Minister Luis Fernando Velasco.

On the afternoon of May 9, two men on a motorcycle intercepted the 25-year-old communicator in the middle of a road. One of them fired at close range, the Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) reported in a bulletin.

Illegal armed groups associated with drug trafficking operate in the area where Pereira worked, in the country that produces the most cocaine in the world.

If it is confirmed that the murder is related to his reporting work, the young man will be the third journalist murdered in the last seven months in Colombia, according to FLIP data.

According to the organization, two other recent cases of journalists murdered in the same region remain unpunished.

According to the NGO Reporters Without Borders, Colombia is the third most dangerous country for journalists in Latin America, behind Mexico and Brazil.

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