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South America - Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:42 - 0 Comments
330 murders in 30 years : journalists in the Americas
IAPA outraged at murder in Argentina
Violence unleashed against journalists and news media to be major topic at upcoming meeting in Caracas
Miami (March 19, 2008).- The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed outrage at the murder of Argentine journalist Juan Carlos Zambrano earlier today in Jujuy city and called upon local authorities to conduct an immediate investigation to identify the perpetrators, uncover their motives and bring them to justice.
Zambrano, a 46-year-old radio and television reporter, worked at LW8 radio station and Canal 7 television in Jujuy, the capital of the province of the same name located in the far northwest of Argentina. He was intercepted at 2:00 a.m. by two assailants who shot him point-blank outside his home as he arrived with his fiancée.
Police arrested one of the assailants but the motive for the murder was not immediately known. Zambrano’s lawyer said his client had received threats after publishing certain allegations Continue…
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