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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Wed May 25, 2016, 10:21 PM May 2016

3 journalists disappear in Colombia within days

Source: CNN

(CNN)First, Spanish journalist Salud Hernandez went missing while working on a story in Catatumbo, a remote region in northern Colombia with a heavy guerrilla and organized crime presence.

Then Colombian TV network RCN said two of its journalists, correspondent Diego D'Pablos and cameraman Carlos Melo, disappeared in the same region while covering the disappearance of Hernandez.

RCN news director Claudia Gurisatti told CNN en Español on Tuesday that a government human rights official first confirmed the disappearance of her network's journalists.

"They called us and said that, ironically, the group of journalists who were covering what people in the area knew about Salud's disappearance had themselves been attacked. Their belongings, including their equipment, cameras, computers, communication equipment, telephones, were taken from them," Gurisatti said.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/25/americas/colombia-missing-journalists/

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