List of journalists killed in Venezuela explained

The following is a list of journalists killed in Venezuela while reporting or on account of their journalism.

List

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 31 journalists have been killed in Venezuela since 1992, eight of them after 2002, during the Bolivarian Revolution.[1]

DateNameMedia outlet
27 November 1992Virgilio FernándezEl Universal
15 January 1993María Veronica TessariColombian media
11 April 2002Jorge Ibraín Tortoza Cruz2001
1 September 2004Mauro MarcanoRadio Maturín
5 April 2006Jorge AguirreCadena Capriles (El Mundo)
23 August 2006Jesús Rafael Flores RojasLa Región
2 June 2008Pierre Fould GergesReporte Diario de la Economía
16 January 2009Orel SambranoABC de la Semana and Radio América
17 May 2011Wilfred Iván OjedaEl Clarín
17-18 August 2020José Carmelo Bislick AcostaOmega 94.1 FM
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists
Additionally, journalist Alí Domínguez was murdered in 2019. The Venezuelan police believe his murder was politically motivated.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Committee to Protect Journalists – Defending Journalists Worldwide. . 2022-09-26 . Committee to Protect Journalists.
  2. Web site: 6 March 2019 . Provea repudia muerte del chavista disidente Alí Domínguez tras estar desaparecido . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190713173444/http://efectococuyo.com/politica/provea-repudia-muerte-del-chavista-disidente-ali-dominguez-tras-estar-desaparecido/ . 13 July 2019 . 8 March 2019 . Efecto Cocuyo.