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UNESCO Condemns Killing of Journalists Assassinated Journalists in Guatemala Luis Alfredo de Leon Miranda (Guatemala) Journalist Killed on 1 February 2018 [UNESCO Statement] Laurent Angel Castillo Fuentes (Guatemala) Journalist Killed on 1 February 2018 [UNESCO Statement] Manuel Salvador Villagrán Trujillo (Guatemalan) Reporter for several news media Killed on 19 January 2017 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Hamilton Hernández Vásquez (Guatemalan) Journalist and presenter with Guatemala’s Channel 5 television Killed on 5 November 2016 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Felipe David Munguía Jiménez (Guatemalan) Cameraman for Canal 21 television Killed on 4 September 2016 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Winston Leonardo Cano Túnchez (Guatemalan) Presenter on local radio La Jefa Killed on 8 April 2016 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] 1 UNESCO Condemns Killing of Journalists Assassinated Journalists in Guatemala Álvaro Alfredo Aceituno López (Guatemalan) Director and broadcaster of Radio Ilusión Killed on 25 June 2016 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Víctor Hugo Valdez Cardona (Guatemalan) Broadcast journalist Killed on 7 June 2016 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Diego Salomón Esteban Gaspar (Guatemalan) Presenter on local broadcaster Radio Sembrador Killed on 30 April 2016 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Mario Roberto Salazar Barahona (Guatemalan) Journalist and the director of radio Estéreo Azúcar Killed on 17 March 2016 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Guido Armando Giovanni Villatoro Ramos (Guatemalan) Television cameraman Killed on 13 March 2015 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Federico Salazar (Guatemalan) Reporter for Radio Nuevo Mundo Killed on 10 March 2015 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Danilo López 2 UNESCO Condemns Killing of Journalists Assassinated Journalists in Guatemala (Guatemalan) Local correspondent for Prensa Libre Killed on 10 March 2015 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Carlos Alberto Orellana Chávez (Guatemalan) Hosted a news programme on Optimo 23 cable television Killed on 19 August 2013 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Luis de Jesús Lima (Guatemalan) Journalist and broadcaster at Radio Sultana Zacapata Killed on 6 August 2013 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Luis Alberto Lemus (Guatemalan) Vice-President of the Jutiapa Journalists Association (APJ) and owner of Radio Stereo Café and Café TV Killed on 7 April 2013 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Jaime Napoleón Jarquín Duarte (Guatemalan) Journalist for Nuestro Diario Killed on 20 March 2013 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Marco Antonio Estrada (Guatemalan) News reporter for the national broadcaster Channel 3 TV Killed on 6 June 2009 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] Mario Rolando López Sánchez 3 UNESCO Condemns Killing of Journalists Assassinated Journalists in Guatemala (Guatemalan) Producer, Radio Sonora Killed on 3 May 2007 in Guatemala [UNESCO Statement] 4 .

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