05 July 2007
Jorge Alejandro Castañeda Martínez
Shooting
Photographer Jorge Alejandro Castañeda Martínez, was gunned down in Guatemala City on 5 July.
The 35-year-old had just dropped his sons, aged six and four, off at their school when gunmen opened fire, shooting him a dozen times. Castañeda Martínez had worked for the national dailies Nuestro Diario and Siglo Veintiuno and was employed by the local council at the time of his murder. The renowned photographer was awarded a national prize in 2005.
