Guadamuz was shot by five bullets at midday when he was driving to Channel 23 in Managua, where he hosted a daily program. Although the motive is unknown, William Hurtado García was arrested and identified by station employees as the person who fired at the journalist.
The chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, Rafael Molina, stated that “we ask officials to investigate the facts of this case as soon as possible to avoid impunity and lack of punishment that is prevalent in Nicaragua.”
Guadamuz, widely known in Nicaragua and former director of the official radio station, La Voz de Nicaragua (The Voice of Nicaragua) during the Sandinista period, drifted apart from the group and became a harsh critic of the leadership of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), among them its head, Daniel Ortega.
“We urge officials to apply the full extent of the law against those guilty”, Molina said, from the Dominican newspaper, El Nacional, who recalled that January 10th was the 26th anniversary of the murder of journalist Pedro Joaquín Chamorro.
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