After signing off from his morning TV program that he hosted daily, Medina was chatting with a friend outside his Ica house when an armed man on a motorcycle fired 11 pistol shots at the journalist, hitting him in the thorax, wrist, and foot. He was declared dead at an Ica hospital, Nathalie Caico, Medina’s partner and the mother of their 10-year-old son, told CPJ.

Medina often reported on government corruption and organized crime, and had previously been the target of violent attacks. In February 2022, a bullet was mailed to his office with a death threat following his reporting on allegations of cost overruns at a state-run hospital in Ica. In September 2022, an explosive device detonated outside Cadena Sur station’s premises after Medina reported on allegations of corruption by a then-governor. 

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