Journalist investigating femicide killed in Colombia

By Agence France-Presse

May 13, 2023 12:05 am

Bogotá, Colombia: A young Colombian journalist who had been investigating a series of femicides in his town, among other violent crimes, has been murdered, the government said Thursday (Friday in Manila) — the third in seven months.

Luis Gabriel Pereira, 25, was gunned down Tuesday in the town of Cienaga de Oro in the northern Cordoba department 'after being intercepted on a highway,' Colombia's Interior Minister Luis Velasco said on his Twitter account.

A police officer is seen on a Black Hawk Helicopter near the Pacific coast, in the department of Narino, Colombia, on May 11, 2023. A young Colombian journalist who had been investigating a series of femicides in his town, among other violent crimes, has been murdered, the government said Thursday (Friday in Manila) — the third in seven months. AFP PHOTO

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