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Brazil: Radio reporter shot dead

04 Jan 12 | Americas, Index Index, minipost

Brazilian radio reporter Laécio de Souza was shot dead by two men yesterday in Salvador, in the north east of the country. Police said the journalist, a local news reporter for radio station Sucesso FM, had been receiving threats on his mobile phone in the lead up to his murder. Police have not released a motive for the crime, although it has been suggested local drug traffickers were upset with the journalist’s plans to construct a social project on his land.

Cameraman shot dead in Salvador

28 Apr 11 | Index Index, minipost

A television cameraman was shot dead on Monday (25 April) while on his way to work. Alfredo Hurtado, 45, worked for Canal 33, a privately owned news channel. Three suspected gang members are believed to have entered the bus and shot him 12 times in a direct targeted attack. The police have yet to identify a motive for the assassination.