OAS calls for Colombia to do more in case of assassinated journalist

OAS calls for Colombia to do more in case of assassinated journalist
Feb 26, 2014 posted by Alexandra Jolly

A commission of the Organization of American States on Wednesday urged Colombia to increase efforts to resolve the case of a recently assassinated journalist. The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression dissipated a press release on Wednesday condemning the murder of cameraman Yonni Caicedo, stating that it is “essential for the State to identify, prosecute and punish those responsible.”

Caicedo was murdered on February 19 in Buenaventura, western Colombia. Caicedo had received death threats seven months earlier while investigating a murder in the city. He was advised to leave the city along with his family, and did so, but was killed on February 19 when he returned briefly.

The Office of the Special Rapporteur expressed its concern and urged the Colombian authorities to act promptly and timely to establish the motive of the crime and to activate “all the legal instruments available to identify and punish the perpetrators.”

Caicedo had worked as a cameraman for local news networks TV Noticias and Más Noticias and it was during his covering of a homicide in District 12 of Buenaventura seven months ago that he was approached by a group of men who told him to stop filming and leave. Caicedo was then held against his will by these men until he was able to escape with the help of the police. It was after this event that he chose to leave the city.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/us-rapporteur-calls-colombia-case-assassinated-journalist/