Dolores Guadalupe García Escamilla
Year: 2005
Nationality: Mexico
Killed by: Criminal Group
Location: Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Press organization: Stereo 91
What's Dolores Guadalupe García Escamilla's story?
Crime reporter García Escamilla died from injuries she suffered in an April 5 shooting in front of her radio station in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. García Escamilla was hospitalized in critical condition after being struck by nine shots to the abdomen, pelvis, arms, and legs as she arrived at work, Stereo 91 News Director Roberto Gálvez Martínez told CPJ. She hosted the program “Punto Rojo” for Stereo 91 XHNOE in Nuevo Laredo, a violence-plagued city of 500,000 in the state of Tamaulipas.
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