José Everardo Aguilar

Year: 2009

Nationality: Colombia

Killed by: Paramilitary Group

Location: Patía, Colombia

Press organization: Radio Súper and Bolívar Estéreo

What's José Everardo Aguilar's story?

A man posing as a delivery person entered Aguilar’s home in southwesternCauca province around 7:15 p.m., saying he hada package of photos to deliver, according to Ovidio Hoyos, director of thePopayán-based Radio Súper, where Aguilar worked. Once inside, the assailantshot Aguilar three times and fled. The journalist died at the scene, Hoyos toldCPJ.

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