List of journalists killed in Venezuela
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The following is a list of journalists killed in Venezuela while reporting or on account of their journalism.
List[edit]
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 10 journalists have been killed in Venezuela since 1992, eight of them after 2002, during the Bolivarian Revolution:[1]
| Date | Name | Media outlet |
|---|---|---|
| 27 November 1992 | Virgilio Fernández | El Universal |
| 15 January 1993 | María Veronica Tessari | Colombian media |
| 11 April 2002 | Jorge Ibraín Tortoza Cruz | 2001 |
| 1 September 2004 | Mauro Marcano | Radio Maturín |
| 5 April 2006 | Jorge Aguirre | Cadena Capriles (El Mundo) |
| 23 August 2006 | Jesús Rafael Flores Rojas | La Región |
| 2 June 2008 | Pierre Fould Gerges | Reporte Diario de la Economía |
| 16 January 2009 | Orel Sambrano | ABC de la Semana and Radio América |
| 17 May 2011 | Wilfred Iván Ojeda | El Clarín |
| 17-18 August 2020 | José Carmelo Bislick Acosta | Omega 94.1 FM |
| Source: Committee to Protect Journalists[1] | ||
Additionally, journalist Alí Domínguez was murdered in 2019. The Venezuelan police believe his murder was politically motivated.[2]
See also[edit]
- Censorship in Venezuela
- Mass media in Venezuela
- List of journalists killed in Guatemala
- List of journalists killed in Honduras
- List of journalists killed in Mexico
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Committee to Protect Journalists – Defending Journalists Worldwide". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Provea repudia muerte del chavista disidente Alí Domínguez tras estar desaparecido". Efecto Cocuyo. 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.