BOGOTA, Colombia, June 12 A reporter in Colombia for the Miami-based newspaper El Nuevo Herald has received death threats, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday.
Gonzalo Guillen is being threatened by Colombian right-wing paramilitary groups, according to phone calls received by El Nuevo Herald warning of a plot to kill the journalist.
"The office reiterates that the work of journalists ... is legitimate, and that all acts of violence against them constitutes a violation of the fundamental right to freedom of expression," said an El Nuevo spokesperson.
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