A young journalist was murdered and his body was found on Friday in an area of \u200b\u200bColombia where guerrilla groups and drug traffickers operate, a press freedom group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mateo Perez, 23, disappeared on Tuesday while reporting on violence in a rural area in the northwestern department of Antioquia, where both dissidents from the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and drug traffickers from the Clan del Golfo, the most powerful cartel in the Latin American country, operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The twenty-five-year-old had become an important “voice representing the local community” through social networking sites and was therefore “facing pressure” as he conducted investigations “into the illegal economy linked to armed organizations,” the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FLIP) emphasized via X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The murder of Mateo P\u00e9rez occurred in the El Hoyo area, in the municipality of Brice\u00f1o, Colombia. The perpetrator, Jhon Edison Chal\u00e1 Torrejano, a member of the paramilitary “Democratic Front Dar\u00edo Guti\u00e9rrez”, which belongs to a splinter branch of the FARC group, is known for its activities in illegal gold mining. This paramilitary organization does not negotiate with the government and has extremely violent practices to control illegal mining,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro said via X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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