Journalist Maril Capa shot, severely injured in Ecuador
January 25, 2021 4:39 PM EST
Bogotá, January 25, 2021 – Ecuadorian authorities should swiftly and thoroughly investigate the shooting of radio journalist Marilú Capa and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
At about 8 a.m. on January 19, in the northeastern town of Nueva Loja, an unidentified man entered a restaurant that Capa owns and shot her six times with a pistol, according to news reports, the Quito-based press freedom organization Fundamedios, and Lt. Col. Daniel Guevara, a spokesperson for the investigative police unit in Nueva Loja, who commented on the attack in a press conference that was shared on Twitter.
The attacker then fled the scene on a motorcycle driven by a second unidentified man, Guevara said.
Paúl Zamora, a researcher for Fundamedios, told CPJ via messaging app today that Capa is in critical condition at a Nueva Loja hospital.
More:
https://cpj.org/2021/01/journalist-marilu-capa-shot-severely-injured-in-ecuador/
