Danilo López

Year: 2015

Nationality: Guatemala

Killed by: Criminal Group, Government Officials

Location: Mazatenango, Guatemala

Press organization: Prensa Libre

What's Danilo López's story?

On March 10, 2015, two gunmen shot dead Danilo López, a reporter for the Guatemala City daily Prensa Libre, and Federico Salazar, a reporter for the Guatemala City station Radio Nuevo Mundo, while the journalists were walking in a park in Mazatenango, the capital of southwest Suchitepéquez department. A third journalist, Marvin Túnchez, a reporter for the local Canal 30 cable TV station, was also injured in the shooting. The gunmen fled on a motorcycle.

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