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Journalist and social leader assassinated in southern Colombia

2022-11-29T19:21:38.951Z


Wilder Alfredo Córdoba was assassinated in a rural area of ​​the town of La Unión, department of Nariño, by two men who fired from a motorcycle. Córdoba was the director of the local channel, and also published news on his Facebook profile. 


(CNN Spanish) -

Alleged hitmen murdered journalist Wilder Alfredo Córdoba on Monday night in the rural area of ​​the town of La Unión, department of Nariño, in southern Colombia, government sources told CNN.

"From the government of Nariño we regret and condemn the events that occurred in the village of El Salado, in the municipality of La Unión, where the civic leader and journalist Wilder Córdoba, director of the Unión TV channel, lost his life. We urge the authorities to expedite the investigative tasks to find, in a timely manner, the perpetrators of this act," said Andrés Zúñiga, government secretary of the Nariño Governorate, in a statement.

Córdoba was reportedly killed by shots fired at him by two men from a motorcycle, according to the first information from the Nariño Police.

The mayor's office of La Unión holds a security council with the local authorities to establish the causes of this murder, which has been rejected by the communicator's colleagues and by the inhabitants of the area.

The Foundation for the Freedom of the Press, FLIP, through its Twitter account, also condemned these events: "We call on the authorities to consider within their investigation the relationship of this murder with the journalistic work of Córdoba. We are documenting what happened and express our condolences to his family and colleagues.

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And he added that Córdoba was the director of the local channel, Unión TV, and also published news on his Facebook profile.

"Córdoba made complaints and news about the local administration and about insecurity in the municipality," concluded FLIP.

With Córdoba there are already three journalists murdered so far this year in Colombia.

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Source: cnnespanol

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