Peru

Lima's 27th Criminal Court found Medina, host of the nightly gossip show "Magaly TeVe" on national television station ATV and owner of the weekly magazine Magaly, and Guerrero, her producer, guilty of defaming Peruvian soccer star Paolo Guerrero. 

New York, April 18, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Wednesday’s conviction of two men by a Peruvian court in the March 2007 murder of radio journalist Miguel Pérez Julca.

A court in the northwestern Peruvian city of Jaén convicted Juan Hurtado Vásquez of masterminding Pérez’s murder and Nazario Coronel Ramírez, also known as “Chamaya,” of participating in the crime, according to local news reports. Hurtado was handed a 27-year prison sentence and Coronel was sentenced to 19 years, reported the Lima-based daily El Comercio. The court also ordered the two men to pay the journalist’s family a sum of 35,000 Peruvian soles (US$13,000) as compensation, said El Comercio.

APRIL 1, 2008
Posted May 5, 2008

Paúl Garay Ramírez, Del Pueblo
HARASSED

Two unidentified men attempted to kidnap Garay, director of the local weekly El Pueblo, on April 1 in Pucallpa in the eastern province of Ucayali, the journalist told CPJ. Since then, unknown individuals have visited his home, as well as his mother and a friend asking about the journalist’s whereabouts. The reporter believes these intimidating acts are retaliation for a report he published on local government corruption.

FEBRUARY 22, 2008
Posted April 22, 2008

Miguel Ramírez, El Comercio
THREATENED

Ramírez, a well-known investigative journalist for the Peruvian national daily El Comercio, was threatened with death after reporting on a local drug kingpin, the reporter said in an interview with CPJ. Ramírez, who has investigated the kingpin for over a decade, said he and his family have previously been threatened.

Elizabeth Salinas, Conoeste
Cynthia Flores, Conoeste
HARRASSED, THREATENED

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NOVEMBER 14, 2007
Posted December 28, 207

Alberto Rivera Fernández, Frecuencia Oriental
KILLED

The Superior Court of Ucayali sentenced two men for Rivera’s 2004 murder but acquitted two others accused of masterminding the killing, including a former mayor, the Peruvian press reported.