Los journalists Leiner Montero and Dilia Contreras were murdered this morning on a highway in the municipality of Fundación, in Magdalenain the Colombian Caribbean, when they returned from covering some patron saint festivities, press organizations reported this Sunday.
“We reject and regret the murder of the journalists Leiner Montero and Dilia Contreras occurred early today on the road that leads from the village of Santa Rosa de Lima to the urban area of the municipality of Fundación, in Magdalena,” the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) said in a statement. .
Montero was director of the local radio station Sol Digital Stereo and Contreras was director of the digital program La Bocina Col and both were returning from covering the festivities of Santa Rosa de Lima.
It is unknown if the facts have to do with his work or who is behind these murdersalthough there is a presence in the area of various criminal groups such as the Clan del Golfo and other groups dedicated to drug trafficking such as Los Pachenca or the Caribbean Office.
“It is urgent that the Police and the prosecution investigate and take into account the reporting work that they were doing,” asked the director of FLIP, Jonathan Bock.
It is the first murder of journalists What happens this 2022 in Colombia. The last one, according to FLIP, was that of Marcos Efraín Montalvo, on September 19, 2021, the only one of that year, which occurred in Tuluá (Valle del Cauca, southwest).
EFE