Colombian Journalist, Wife Wounded in Targeted Shooting - Committee to Protect Journalists

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The entity reported that the couple was transferred to a care center where they received emergency medical care.

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Chicangana has a protection scheme due to the frequent threats she receives from her complaints in a department hit by violence from armed groups.

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Colombian journalist Gustavo Chica, who had been threatened by FARC dissidents and drug trafficking groups, was injured along with his wife in an attack on Saturday night in San José del Guaviare, capital of the department of Guaviare, in the south-central part of the country. Chica is director of the radio station Guaviare Estéreo, affiliated with Caracol Radio, said in a statement that radio station and the group Prisa Media.

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Both remain stable and the authorities have already identified the face of the alleged perpetrator. Journalist Gustavo Chica, who had been threatened by the dissidents of the Farc and drug trafficking groups, was injured along with his wife in an attack in San José del Guaviare. Chica is director of the radio station Guaviare Estéreo, affiliated to Caracol Radio, said in a statement that radio station and the group Prisa Media. From @CaracolRadi…

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Journalist Gustavo Chica, from Guaviare Estéreo and Caracol Radio, suffered a gun attack last night. He and his wife were leaving their home in San José del Guaviare to go to a park, when they received several shots. Both were injured and were taken by neighbors to a nearby hospital. Girl was injured in the shoulder, torax and neck. The journalist had been threatened on several occasions for his informative work and had a UNP protection scheme. …