16 March 2007
Miguel Pérez Julca
Shooting
Miguel Pérez Julca, a radio journalist was gunned down in Jaén, in the northwestern province of Cajamarca.
Aged 38, Pérez was returning to his home in the Jaén district of Las Palmeras with his wife and two children on the evening of 16 March when two gunmen on a motorcycle shot him twice in the head and then sped away. He died while being rushed to hospital.
His wife, Nelly Guevara Arrascue, was hit in the left knee. Pérez worked for “El informativo del pueblo,” a news programme on local Radio Exitos. He was also a contributor to Radio Oriental and Radio Jaén. He had recently blamed Jaén mayor Jaime Vilchez Oblitas for several cases of mismanagement. He has also covered local corruption and violent crime in Jaén. The day before his murder, he told friends he had seen a white car following him on the street.
