24 January 2024 | CPJ
Colombian journalist Mardonio Mejía shot dead at home
Shooting
On Wednesday, January 24, a gunman shot and killed Mejía, founder and director of the independent Sonora Estero radio station in the northern town of San Pedro, at his home, according to Colombian authorities and news reports. A security camera video of the attack shows two men on a motorcycle approaching Mejía as he parks his own motorcycle inside his house. One of the men holding a pistol briefly enters the house and then jumps back on the motorcycle, which speeds away.
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