Orlando Sierra Hernández

Year: 2002

Nationality: Colombia

Killed by: Government Officials

Location: Manizales, Colombia

Press organization: La Patria

What's Orlando Sierra Hernández's story?

Sierra, a deputy editor and columnist for La Patria newspaper in Manizales, a town in Colombia’s coffee-growing region, was shot three times in the head in front of his daughter while walking to work on January 30. He died on February 1.

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