Journalists Killed  |  Colombia

Norvey Díaz

Radio Colina

October 18, 1996, in Girardot, Colombia

Díaz, director and editor of "Rondando los Barrios" on Radio Colina, was found murdered, a gunshot wound in his neck, in the resort town of Girardot. He had received death threats because of his reporting on alleged police involvement in the murder of homeless people and on investments in local resorts by drug traffickers.


Medium: Radio

Job: Producer

Beats Covered: Crime, Human Rights

Gender: Male

Local or Foreign: Local

Freelance: No

Type of Death: Murder

Suspected Source of Fire: Unknown Fire

Impunity: Yes

Taken Captive: No

Tortured: No

Threatened: Yes


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