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Second journalist murdered in Jutiapa department, motive still unknown

Published on 9 April 2013Read

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Motive unknown

Journalist gunned down in southeastern department of Jutiapa

Published on 22 March 2013Read

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Newly adopted law discriminates against indigenous community media

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its condemnation of the newly-adopted General Telecommunications Law (LGT), which will penalize small radio (...)

Published on 12 December 2012 Read

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Disturbing threats against two Prensa Libre op-ed writers

Reporters Without Borders is very concerned for the safety of two journalists – Carolina Vásquez Araya and Jorge Jacobs - who have been getting (...)

Published on 10 October 2012 Read

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Whistle-blowing journalist accused of using drugs by local security committee

Lucía Escobar, the head of the radio station Radio Ati in the town of Panajachel, in the Sololá department of south-western Guatemala, accused the (...)

Published on 31 October 2011 Read

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Serious doubts about abduction charge against journalist in court yesterday

A judge in the eastern city of Chiquimula renewed Internet journalist Vasni Vásquez’s pre-trial detention order when he appeared in court yesterday (...)

Published on 10 June 2011 Read

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Local news presenter killed after reported threats, reporter held on questionable grounds

Local TV presenter Yensi Roberto Ordoñez Galdámez was found murdered yesterday in Nueva Concepción, in the southern department of Escuintla. The (...)

Published on 20 May 2011 Read

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Journalist tortured and killed, suspicious theft from newspaper reporter’s home

Víctor Hugo Juárez, a journalist and businessman who owned two online media, Wanima News and Guatemala Empresarial, was found murdered on 27 (...)

Published on 30 September 2010 Read

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Two young men held for TV journalist’s murder

Rolfi Antonio López, 20, and Estuardo Pirir, 19, are being held as suspects in the 1 April murder of Rolando Santis, a journalist employed by (...)

Published on 7 April 2009 Read

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Graphic artist on daily El Periódico killed by crossbow

Reporters Without Borders today voiced its horror at the murder of graphic artist Abel Girón Morales, aged 29, of privately-owned national daily (...)

Published on 24 October 2008 Read