Mario Prada Díaz

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Attacks on the Press | Colombia

Attacks on the Press 2002: Colombia

Colombia's civil conflict once again took a brutal toll on the country's press, with journalists threatened, attacked, kidnapped, and murdered. At least three journalists were killed for their work in 2002, and CPJ continues to investigate the slayings of five others whose deaths may have been related to their reporting. At year's end, Colombia's overburdened justice system appeared far from solving any of these murders, perpetuating a climate of impunity that leaves the media wide open to attacks.
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March 31, 2003 12:08 PM ET |
Tags: Daniel Coronell, Efraín Varela Noriega, Flavio Bedoya, Héctor Ramírez, Héctor Sandoval, Mario Prada Díaz, Orlando Sierra Hernández
Alerts | Colombia

Journalist killed during week of threats

New York, July 12, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has just learned that Mario Prada Díaz, of the weekly El Semanario Sabanero in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia, was killed this week. His death occurred the same week in which another journalist in the region was threatened at gunpoint, one day after a paramilitary commander declared the local press a military target.

A source in Colombia told CPJ that Prada, 44, was abducted from his house in the municipality of Sabana de Torres at 11 p.m. on July 11. This morning, Prada's body was found riddled with gunshots not far from his home. The source said that it was not clear who killed Prada, or why.

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July 12, 2002 12:00 PM ET |
Tags: Mario Prada Díaz

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