Eduardo Maas Bol

JULY 27, 2008

Posted August 6, 2008

Edín Rodelmiro Maas Bol, Radio Punto
ATTACKED

Unidentified individuals fired gunshots at the home of journalist Edín Rodelmiro Maas Bol moments after he had entered the house in Cobán, Alta Verapaz province, the reporter told CPJ.

New York, September 12, 2006—Guatemalan radio reporter Eduardo Maas Bol was gunned down early Sunday morning inside his car on the outskirts of the central city of Cobán. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating whether Maas’ murder is connected to his work as a journalist.

Maas, the Cobán correspondent for the Guatemala City-based Radio Punto, was shot four times by unidentified assailants at around 4 a.m. near the road that connects Cobán to Guatemala City, local prosecutor Genaro Pacheco told CPJ. He was shot in the head, left arm, back, and chest.