Bonifacio Gregorio

Year: 2003

Nationality: Philippines

Killed by: Government Officials

Location: La Paz, Tarlac, Philippines

Press organization: Dyaryo Banat

What's Bonifacio Gregorio's story?

Gregorio, a reporter and columnist for the weekly Dyaryo Banat, in La Paz, a town in the central Tarlac Province, was talking to a colleague on a cell phone in front of his house when an unidentified gunman shot him in the head three times at close range. According to news reports, the gunman was likely a professional killer who fled the scene on foot. Gregorio was rushed to La Paz District Hospital before being transferred to Ramos General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

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