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The following is a list of journalists killed in Venezuela while reporting or on account of their journalism.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 31 journalists have been killed in Venezuela since 1992, eight of them after 2002, during the Bolivarian Revolution.[1]
| Date | Name | Media outlet |
|---|---|---|
| 27 November 1992 | Virgilio Fernández | El Universal |
| 15 January 1993 | María Veronica Tessari | Colombian media |
| 11 April 2002 | Jorge Ibraín Tortoza Cruz | 2001 |
| 1 September 2004 | Mauro Marcano | Radio Maturín |
| 5 April 2006 | Jorge Aguirre | Cadena Capriles (El Mundo) |
| 23 August 2006 | Jesús Rafael Flores Rojas | La Región |
| 2 June 2008 | Pierre Fould Gerges | Reporte Diario de la Economía |
| 16 January 2009 | Orel Sambrano | ABC de la Semana and Radio América |
| 17 May 2011 | Wilfred Iván Ojeda | El Clarín |
| 17-18 August 2020 | José Carmelo Bislick Acosta | Omega 94.1 FM |
| Source: Committee to Protect Journalists | ||
Additionally, journalist Alí Domínguez was murdered in 2019. The Venezuelan police believe his murder was politically motivated.[2]
