List of journalists killed in Venezuela

The following is a list of journalists killed in Venezuela while reporting or on account of their journalism.

List

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According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 31 journalists have been killed in Venezuela since 1992, eight of them after 2002, during the Bolivarian Revolution.[1]

Date Name Media outlet
27 November 1992 Virgilio Fernández El Universal
15 January 1993 María Veronica Tessari Colombian media
11 April 2002 Jorge Ibraín Tortoza Cruz 2001
1 September 2004 Mauro Marcano Radio Maturín
5 April 2006 Jorge Aguirre Cadena Capriles (El Mundo)
23 August 2006 Jesús Rafael Flores Rojas La Región
2 June 2008 Pierre Fould Gerges Reporte Diario de la Economía
16 January 2009 Orel Sambrano ABC de la Semana and Radio América
17 May 2011 Wilfred Iván Ojeda El Clarín
17-18 August 2020 José Carmelo Bislick Acosta Omega 94.1 FM
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

Additionally, journalist Alí Domínguez was murdered in 2019. The Venezuelan police believe his murder was politically motivated.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Committee to Protect Journalists – Defending Journalists Worldwide". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Provea repudia muerte del chavista disidente Alí Domínguez tras estar desaparecido". Efecto Cocuyo. 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.