Journalists Killed in 1994 - Motive Confirmed: Victor Hugo López Escobar
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Date:
January 1995
Radio Progreso
September 12, 1994, in Guatemala City, Guatemala
López, director of a news program on Radio Progreso, was gunned down by unidentified assailants as he got out of his car in downtown Guatemala City.
| Medium: | Radio |
| Job: | Producer |
| Gender: | Male |
| Local or Foreign: | Local |
| Freelance: | No |
| Type of Death: | Murder |
| Suspected Source of Fire: | Unknown Fire |
| Impunity: | Yes |
| Taken Captive: | No |
| Tortured: | No |
| Threatened: | No |
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