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Journalists threatened with death in three Colombian states

September 30, 2014 4:59 PM EDT

Bogotá, September 30, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by death threats against numerous journalists in different states in Colombia over the past week and calls on authorities to ensure the journalists’ safety. All of the journalists had reported on criminal activities in the region.

In Colombia, ‘bacrim’ pose new press threat

May 24, 2013 11:57 AM EDT

Next to the mayor’s office in the northern Colombian town of Caucasia sits a monument to government dysfunction: a half-built public library with broken windows, a water-stained floor, and rusting reinforcement rods protruding from concrete pillars.