Ricardo Ortega
Year: 2004
Nationality: Haiti
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Press organization: Antena 3
What's Ricardo Ortega's story?
Ortega, 37, correspondent for the Spanish television station Antena3, was shot twice in the chest when gunmen opened fire on demonstratorsin Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The demonstrators were callingfor the prosecution of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Ortegawas taken to Canapé Vert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, wherehe died an hour later.
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