7 September 2004

Alert

Journalist assassinated


Incident details

Mauro Marcano

journalist(s)

killed

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(IPYS/IFEX) - Mauro Marcano, a 55-year-old journalist and politician, was killed on the morning of 1 September 2004. The assassination took place in the city of Maturín, Monagas state, eastern Venezuela.

Marcano hosted an opinion programme on Radio 1.080 AM station. He was leaving his home when two unidentified men shot him in the head and the right leg.

According to unofficial sources, Marcano had reported on drug trafficking in Monagas and had implicated a number of local businessmen.

Marcano was a councillor for the Acción Democrática party and headed the Common Lands Commission of the Maturín Municipal Chamber.



Source:

Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Sucre N° 317
Barranco, Lima
Perú
alertas (@) ipys.org
Phone: +51 1 2474465
Fax: +51 1 2473194
 

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Updates to this story

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