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Rebel-turned-journalist assassinated in southwest Colombia
Journalist Carlos Perez (L) (Image: NC Noticias)
by Adriaan Alsema June 18, 2019
A former FARC rebel who became a journalist after his demobilization in 2017 was assassinated in the southwest of Colombia, according to his employer NC Noticias.
Anderson Perez is the second journalist to be assassinated in the southwest of Colombia in a week; a radio host from the town of Samaniega, Nariño was murdered one Monday last week.
According to NC Noticias, the media organization set up by the FARC as part of the peace process, Perez was assassinated in the municipality of Caloto, Cauca on Monday.
News agency Colprensa reported that the journalist was meeting with friends when two men who had arrived on a motorcycle entered the home.
One of the men subsequently shot Perez three times in the head.
. . .
Perez is not just the second journalist to be assassinated in a week, he is also the second demobilized guerrilla to be murdered on Monday.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/rebel-turned-journalist-assassinated-in-southwest-colombia/
