Gun, explosive attacks on 2 media offices in Paraguay

[Judi Lynn]

Gun, explosive attacks on 2 media offices in Paraguay
Sep 9, 11:28 PM EDT


ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) -- Paraguayan journalists and officials are reporting two attacks on media outlets in the South American nation.

Police commissioner Victor Rios says the offices of La Jornada newspaper in Ciudad del Este were hit by 18 bullets but nobody was hurt.

La Jornada director Jose Espinola says the Thursday attack coincided with the publication of a story on possible police corruption.

Journalist Patricia Ayala says she was on air when some kind of explosive device was thrown at La Voz del Amambay radio in Pedro Juan Caballero.

She says she suffered minor injuries on her hands but her guest was wounded more seriously in the head and chest. Ayala said Friday night that witnesses saw an unknown attacker flee in a car.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. War on Journalists? Attacks on 2 Media Outlets in Paraguay

War on Journalists? Attacks on 2 Media Outlets in Paraguay

Published 10 September 2016 (7 hours 51 minutes ago)




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“We note with deep concern the permanent and serious attacks against true freedom of expression in our country,” the union said in an official release, adding that 17 murders of journalists have remain unpunished since the end of the dictatorship in 1989.

According to Journalists if Paraguayan, journalists constantly face intimidation and death threats after publishing stories related with drug trafficking and organized crime.

(Short video at link.)

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/War-on-Journalists-Attacks-on-2-Media-Outlets-in-Paraguay-20160910-0009.html