01 July 2005
José Cândido Amorim Pinto
Shooting
Known as "Jota Cândido" to his listeners, José Cândido Amorim Pinto was gunned down in Carpina, in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, as he was parking his car outside Rádio Comunitária Alternativa, where he worked.
Two men riddled him with bullets before making off on a motorcycle. He had been receiving threats for almost six months and had been injured in an earlier shooting attack on 21 May. Amorim, presenter of an investigative programme for his radio station, reported and commented about corruption cases on the air.
