Colombia: Journalist Felipe Guevara Dies after Gun Attack

[Judi Lynn]

Journalist Felipe Guevara, Cali, Colombia. | Photo: Twitter/ @noticieronews

Published 24 December 2020 (2 hours 41 minutes ago)

His colleagues assured that he received threats due to his journalistic work a couple of years ago.

Colombian journalist Felipe Guevara, 27, Wednesday died after being shot by hitmen in the Cali city, Valle del Cauca Department, on December 21.

Police reported that the Q'hubo local outlet reporter was shot four times, twice in the stomach, once in the chest, and once in the left leg.

Guevara spent two days in the intensive care unit of a Cali clinic, where he had two emergency surgeries for the shots he received in the stomach.

"He couldn't stand the severity of his injuries. The death of our colleague and friend, leaves us a huge void," Q'hubo stated.

Colombia's Press Freedom Foundation (FLIP) denied that the police ruled out in advance the relationship between these events and Guevara's journalistic activity.

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https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Journalist-Felipe-Guevara-Dies-after-Gun-Attack-20201224-0001.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Colombian reporter dies of gunshot wounds

AFP Updated 25 Dec 2020

BOGOTA: A Colombian journalist who had covered organized crime died Wednesday two days after suffering multiple gunshot wounds in Cali, in the southwest of the country, his newspaper said.

“Felipe Guevara, our crime reporter, died this Wednesday afternoon after being injured in an attack on Monday evening,” said the newspaper Q’hubo on its Twitter account.

Guevara, 27 had reported death threats to the police since 2017, Cali’s mayor Jorge Ivan Ospina said at a press conference, where he offered a reward of up to $15,000 for any information on the killers.

Although police had initially denied the attack against Guevara was linked to his work as a reporter and photographer.—AFP

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40044580/colombian-reporter-dies-of-gunshot-wounds

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