Bolivian cartoonist Abel Bellido Cordoba receives death threats
May 7, 2020 1:40 PM ET
Since April 5, 2020, multiple Facebook users have sent death threats to Bolivian cartoonist Abel Bellido Córdoba, he told CPJ in a phone interview.
Bellido told CPJ that the threats were in response to cartoons published on his professional Facebook page and in the independent La Paz daily Página Siete, where he has worked as a cartoonist for the past decade under the pen name “Abecor.”
The cartoons, published on April 5 and 18, depicted recent political controversies and anti-drug operations in the Chapare, a jungle region in central Bolivia that, according to news reports, produces much of the country’s cocaine.
In a screenshot Bellido shared with CPJ, a Facebook user named Francisco Villa commented on one of the cartoons, saying, “The day you will meet your maker is getting closer.”
Another comment from a user named Katy Carla included a photo of Bellido and a caption that said: “If this man disappears, it will not be because of magic.”
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