Valentín Rúa Tezada

The 15 year veteran presenter was shot dead in the town of Suárez, Cauca. According to local authorities, the journalist received a call on his mobile phone on the evening of his killing and went out to meet someone. It was then that he was killed by a single shot to the head.

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