Protest after radio host is shot in Guatemala

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA), based in Miami, has called on the Guatemalan attorney general to investigate a number of recent attacks on the country's journalists, including an attempted murder. Vinicio Aguilar Mancilla, host of a radio talk show was shot in the face and hand on Wednesday. The radio station has been threatened repeatedly for reporting on a tax evasion lawsuit involving Avicola Villalobos, one of central America's largest agricultural conglomerates. The attack on Mancilla follows threats to four newsmen and the forcible detention of six others. (Via IAPA)