María Efigenia Vásquez Astudillo

Year: 2017

Nationality: Colombia

Killed by: Local Residents,Military Officials

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Press organization: Renacer Kokonuko

What's María Efigenia Vásquez Astudillo's story?

Radio reporter María Efigenia Vásquez Astudillo was shot on October 8, 2017, while reporting on clashes between indigenous community members and riot police in the department of Cauca in southwestern Colombia, according to news reports. Vásquez, 31, who worked at an indigenous community radio station, Renacer Kokonuko 90.7 FM, was taken to a hospital in Popayán, the capital of Cauca, where she died a few hours later from injuries.

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