Colombian journalist Luis Gabriel Pereira shot and killed in town of Cinaga de Oro
Colombia|Impunity
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
16 May 2023
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Pereira, 25, founded the local news outlet 'Notiorense; on Facebook this year. He published stories on crime and public security in Ciénaga de Oro, including articles about the recent killing of a woman that named her alleged killer.
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 12 May 2023.
Colombian authorities must thoroughly investigate the killing of journalist Luis Gabriel Pereira, determine if he was targeted for his work, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday.
On Tuesday, May 9, two gunmen aboard a motorcycle fatally shot Pereira while he was riding his motorcycle in Ciénaga de Oro, a town in the northern Colombian department of Córdoba, according to news reports and the Bogotá-based Foundation for Press Freedom, or FLIP.
Pereira, 25, founded the local news outlet Notiorense on Facebook this year. He published stories on crime and public security in Ciénaga de Oro, including articles about the recent killing of a woman that named her alleged killer. The reports prompted fellow journalists to warn Pereira that his safety could be at risk, according to FLIP.
The motive for the killing remains unclear, according to those reports. In October 2022, journalist Rafael Emiro Moreno was also shot and killed in Córdoba, as CPJ documented at the time.
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