Mauricio Weibel Barahona Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Newspapers are sold on a sidewalk in Santiago in March 2018. Chile’s army allegedly ordered a surveillance operation against the investigative journalist Mauricio Weibel Barahona in 2016. (Reuters/Ivan Alvarado)

Chile accused of spying on investigative journalist Mauricio Weibel

August 15, 2019 2:08 PM EDT

Miami, August 15, 2019—The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today over reports that Chile’s army allegedly ordered a surveillance operation against the investigative journalist Mauricio Weibel Barahona in 2016, when he was researching claims of misconduct in the armed forces.