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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Colombian journalist shot dead

A Colombian community radio reporter has been shot dead. Jesús Martínez Orozco, 42, was killed by two men riding a motorcycle in Sabanalarga, in the province of Atlántico.

A respected voice on music, he broadcast on culture for La Nueva radio and wrote occasionally for a newspaper, La Opinión de Sabanalarga.

La Nueva's news director said: "I think that the murderers made a mistake."

Martínez Orozco is the fifth journalist to be killed in Latin America this year – two each in Brazil and Colombia, and one in Honduras - according to the International Press Institute.

Sources: IPI/Latin American Herald Tribune

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