Guatemalan journalist Bryan Guerra shot dead in Chiquimula
Guatemala|Attacks
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
10 March 2020
2 minute read
Guatemalan authorities should conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of journalist Bryan Guerra, determine if it was related to his journalism, and bring those responsible to justice.
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 6 March 2020.
Guatemalan authorities should conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of journalist Bryan Guerra, determine if it was related to his journalism, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On February 27, unidentified individuals shot Guerra, a reporter at the cable news channel TLCOM, in the city of Chiquimula, about 61 miles east of Guatemala City, according a report by news website Nómada. Guerra was driving a motorcycle and was shot from a moving vehicle, according to that report.
Guerra was transferred to a local hospital and remained in the intensive care unit for five days until he died on March 3, according that report. The special prosecutor’s office for crimes against journalists has opened an investigation into the killing, according to Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico.
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Google translated 
El periodista guatemalteco Bryan Guerra
APG denounces attack against Chiquimula communicator
The victim had reported threats against him that were allegedly not attended by authorities.
PUBLICATION DATE: 02-28-20
Bryan Leonel Guerra. Photo: Courtesy
By: Lucero Sapalú / elPeriódico
The Association of Journalists of Guatemala (APG) and its press freedom commission denounced the armed attack against the communicator Bryan Leonel Guerra, 24, who was shot several times last Thursday in the municipal seat of Chiquimula.
"We deplore the attitude of the National Civil Police (PNC) and the Public Ministry (MP) of that municipal seat, for not addressing the death threats against the communicator who had presented on their social networks, not giving importance" highlights the APG in your release
Guerra was attacked last Thursday in zone 3 while riding his motorcycle.
According to the doctors of the National Hospital of Chiquimula, his situation is serious, so he must be intervened again.
The communicator works as a TLCOM news anchor and is vice president of the Social Communicators Network in Chiquimula.
https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacion/2020/02/28/conred-se-declara-en-alerta-amarilla-institucional-por-casos-de-covid-19-en-paises-de-america4/
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Very young journalist to be assassinated this time.
Rest in Peace, Bryan Guerra.
