Journalist Juan Jose Yantuche dies as a result of his injuries
On 11 April 1996, Juan Jose Yantuche, a reporter with the television program TV Noticias, died as a result of his injuries. Two weeks ago, the wounded body of Yantuche was found in his car at the end of a ravine in Zone 1 of the city of Mixco; he had been in a coma […]
Journalist Erwin San Juan attacked
In the early morning of 9 April 1996, several unidentified men broke into the house of Erwin San Juan, a journalist with the daily “Ultima Hora”. The men tied up San Juan and his wife, searched their house, and stole some camera equipment and money. They also tampered with San Juan’s press credentials. Upon seeing […]
Further details on “disappearance” of journalist Gerson Lopez Orantes
**Further details on IFEX CH alerts dated 20 March 1995** CPC, the Guatemala-based office which coordinates FIP’s activities in Central America, has produced the following full report on the case of “La Republica” journalist Gerson Lopez Orantes, who “disappeared” on 28 March 1995 and emerged 27 hours later, with signs of having been torture, including […]
Journalist Gerson Ricardo Lopez Orantes “disappears”
Gerson Ricardo Lopez Orantes, a young journalist with the “La Republica” daily newspaper in Guatemala, has “disappeared” since Tuesday 28 March 1995. He left work and has not been heard from since. The FIP office in Guatemala, the CPC (Coordinadora de Proyectos Centroamericanos), appealed to Guatemalan President Ramiro de Leon Carpio in the case, and […]