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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