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The communicator Ismael Alonzo González, attacked with a firearm, was an active member of the Association of journalists and communicators of the Southwest.
Ismael Alonso was a community journalist in Coatepeque. (Free Press Photo: Courtesy)
The Guatemalan Red Cross reported an armed attack In the village Santa Fe, Coatepeque, Quetzaltenangolast Friday, March 21.
The victim was identified as Ismael Alonzo González, social communicator and member of the Association of Journalists and Communicators of the Southwest (APSCO).
According to preliminary investigations, the communicator He was outside his home when two men dressed in black attacked him with a firearm and subsequently fled to the forest of the sector.
The authorities said It was a direct armed attack.
The attack could have been possibly perpetrated for alleged gang members operate in the sector, According to Edu Ardiano commissioner.
Community reporter
Sources from the local coatepeque medium Western awakening 2.0 They said to Free press and Guatevisión news that Alonzo worked for that medium as a community reporter.
They said that last December he had trained in a program sponsored by the United States Embassy and the Association of Journalists of Guatemala.
They said that I had not reported any kind of threats and that ignore if the attack is linked to their journalistic profession.
Confirmed That he was an active member of the APSCO.
The journalistic group, meanwhile, regretted the death of the communicator and highlighted his ability and voice to inform.
