Roberto Fraile

Year: 2021

Nationality: Spain

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Pama, Burkina Faso

Press organization: 93 Metros

What's Roberto Fraile's story?

On April 26, 2021, Roberto Fraile, 47, a Spanish camera operator with the Spain based 93 Metros multimedia company, was kidnapped by unidentified attackers along with fellow Spanish journalist and 93 Metros codirector David Beriain, according to media reports and Roberto Lozano, a friend of Fraile’s, who spoke to CPJ over the phone. The next day, Fraile and Beriain were confirmed to have been killed by those attackers, according to those sources and a tweet by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

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