KABUL: (Middle East Press) Gunmen shot dead two reporters and injured another in Guatemala Tuesday in the city of Mazatenango, authorities and media union officials reported.
Witnesses said men on motorbikes killed Danilo Lopez, a reporter at Prensa Libre, and Nuevo Mundo Radio’s Federico Salazar in the city 170 kilometers (105 miles) south of the capital and a reporter Marvin Tunches wounded, local media said.
Prensa Libre’s chairman Miguel Angel Mendez said, Lopez had been receiving threats after he reported on corruption in the area.
Guatemala’s media do their work against the challenging backdrop of worsening violent crime, much of it related to clashing rival drug organizations.
According to officials, the Central American country’s bloodletting claims an average of 16 lives every day.
