Amado Ramírez Dillanes

Year: 2007

Nationality: Mexico

Killed by: Criminal Group

Location: Acapulco, Mexico

Press organization: Televisa and Radiorama

What's Amado Ramírez Dillanes's story?

Ramírez,50, Acapulco-based correspondent for Televisa and host of the daily newsprogram “Al Tanto” on Radiorama, was shot after leaving Radiorama studios about7:30 p.m. Ramírez had just stepped into his car when an assailant shot himtwice from outside the driver’s window, a colleague told CPJ. A wounded Ramírezran into the lobby of a nearby hotel, but the attacker followed and shot thejournalist in the back, according to press reports.

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