He Was Mateo Pérez, the Journalist Who Was Allegedly Murdered by the Dissidents in Antioquia: He Had Already Denounced Harassment for His Work.
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The Fundación Para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) has denounced Thursday the disappearance and possible murder of the 25-year-old journalist Mateo Pérez Rueda, who served as director of the El Confidente portal in Yarumal, Antioquia. According to the information collected by the organization that defends press freedom in Colombia, and who consulted relatives and neighbors of the place, Pérez Rueda left on the afternoon of last Tuesday for Palmicha…
The communicator used his social networks to warn of episodes in which, according to his account, political actors and sectors of power in Yarumal tried to silence their work through tutelaries, complaints and legal processes.
Mateo Pérez Rueda, a 25-year-old journalist and director of the digital magazine El Confidente de Yarumal, was murdered on May 6, 2026 in the rural area of Briceño, Antioquia, as confirmed by the Government of Antioquia and the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP). The communicator had entered Palmichal on May 4 to document the clashes between the 36th Front of the Dissidences of the Farc and the National Army, and was reported missing on May 5. …
Defense Minister Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez Suárez confirmed the activation of intelligence and search operations to locate journalist Mateo Pérez Rueda, reported as missing in circumstances that are still a matter of verification by the authorities. The head of the Defense portfolio rejected any action affecting press freedom and assured that both the Military Gaula and the Police Gaula deployed all their operational capabilities in the area to clar…
The Secretary of Security of Antioquia, Luis Martínez, confirmed that the journalist Mateo Pérez Rueda, who had disappeared since Monday in Briceño (Antioquia), was murdered by members of the Farc dissidents while reporting clashes between the dissidents and the Public Forces. Previously, the Foundation for Press Freedom (Flip) denounced that he was killed in the Palmichal neighborhood of Briceño. The Secretary of Security warned that so far the…
Mateo Pérez was director of the magazine 'El Confidente' and was mobilized between the Travesías and El Roblal roads when he was arrested by illegals.
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