10 November 2004
Maria Jose Bravo
Shooting
A reporter for La Prensa, Nicaragua's top newspaper, was shot in the heart during a row over local election results outside a vote counting center in Juigalpa, 140 kilometers southeast of Managua.
Maria Jose Bravo, 24, died on her way to hospital and the suspected murderer, a former mayor of El Ayote identified as Eugenio Hernandez, has been apprehended.
Bravo was shot when she stepped outside a polling center to witness a row between followers of rival political parties over the tight results of a local election.
