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 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. DateNameMedia outlet27 November 1992Virgilio FernándezEl Universal15 January 1993María Veronica TessariColombian media11 April 2002Jorge Ibraín Tortoza Cruz20011 September 2004Mauro MarcanoRadio Maturín5 April 2006Jorge AguirreCadena Capriles (El Mundo)23 August 2006Jesús Rafael Flores RojasLa Región2 June 2008Pierre Fould GergesReporte Diario de la Economía16 January 2009Orel SambranoABC de la Semana and Radio América17 May 2011Wilfred Iván OjedaEl Clarín17-18 August 2020José Carmelo Bislick AcostaOmega 94.1 FMSource: Committee to Protect Journalists Additionally, journalist Alí Domínguez was murdered in 2019. The Venezuelan police believe his murder was politically motivated.

See also

Censorship in Venezuela Mass media in Venezuela List of journalists killed in Guatemala List of journalists killed in Honduras List of journalists killed in Mexico

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