Reporter gunned down in northern Peru

Posted on May 5, 2011 • Filed under: Crime, Human Rights Latin America, Peru

A reporter who openly criticized regional government officials in northwestern Peru has been killed in a hail of gunfire, a Latin American press watchdog group has said. Julio Castillo Narvaez, who headed the newscast at Radio Ollantay in the northern city of Viru, was a fierce critic of regional authorities, the Lima-based Press and Society Institute (IPYS) said. Read Article

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