April 11
Juan José Yantuche, TV Noticias, KILLED
Oscar Mazaya, TV Noticias, THREATENED
Yantuche, a reporter with the cable television news program “TV Noticias,” died from injuries inflicted by gunshots. The gravely injured Yantuche was found in his car in the city of Mixco one week earlier. He was hospitalized and remained in a coma until he died. Yantuche's murder came a few weeks after an anonymously penned death list of journalists was circulated in Guatemala City. His name, however, was not on that list. One week after Yantuche's assassination, Oscar Mazaya, the director of “TV Noticias,” reported receiving anonymous death threats. In a letter to Guatemalan President Alvaro Arzú, CPJ protested the lack of thorough police investigations into Yantuche's murder and the death threats against Mazaya.

---

December 10
Israel Hernández Marroquín, Infopress Centroamericano, KILLED
Hernández Marroquín, editor of the weekly newsletter Infopress Centroamericano, was found murdered on the outskirts of Guatemala City. According to police reports, Hernández Marroquín, who also taught economics at San Carlos University, had been shot once in the head. Police said he had been driving in his white Nissan automobile when the unknown assailants stopped him and then shot him. His car was found near the site of the murder.

For more information contact americasweb@cpj.org