International News Safety Institute

19 February 2014

Yonni Steven Caicedo

Incident

Journalist gunned down in Colombia

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

Caicedo, 21, worked as a cameraman for two different networks, TV Noticias and Más Noticias. He had left the city after receiving the threats from various men in the neighbourhood who cornered him when he attempted to film the area where a recent murder had taken place.  Local police agents had recommended that Caicedo leave the city after he received the threats. According to reports from the Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP), Caicedo waited seven months to return to Buenaventura and was gunned down shortly after he arrived back in town. >> Read the original article here Source: IPI

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