International News Safety Institute

10 March 2006

Ramiro Téllez Contreras

Incident

Ramiro Téllez Contreras

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

Ramiro Téllez Contreras, a local radio reporter and police station switchboard operator, was murdered in the northern city of Nuevo Laredo in the state of Tamaulipas. 

He was shot by gunmen as he left his house to go to work. Téllez worked for the radio station Exa 95.7 FM. He had recently received threats, according to RSF.

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