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Killed
October 18
Norvey Diaz, Radio Colina, KILLED
Diaz, director of the program "Rondando por los Barrios" on Radio Colina, was killed in Girardot, a resort town 135 kilometers from Bogota. Diaz, who was last seen alive on a street in the company of a young woman, had left home to attend a meeting. His body was found with a bullet wound in the nape of his neck and a cigarette butt and necklace in his hand. Investigators believe that his murder was carefully planned by professionals. Six years ago, Diaz had received frequent funeral wreaths ("coronas mortuarias") and letters warning him "to hold his tongue, otherwise something unfortunate would happen to him." In 1990, Diaz had reported on the alleged involvement of police officials in the murder of street people, as well as on the apparent investments made by drug traffickers in vacation resorts in the city. Colleagues stated that although Diaz had always reported on irregularities in society, he had, for the past few months, lessened the virulence of his reports. Shortly before his murder, Diaz had been named by Todelar, the company which owns Radio Colina, to a post which would have taken him away from his journalistic duties.
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