Eudoro Galarza Ossa (Caramanta, 1895 – Manizales, October 12, 1938) was a Colombian journalist. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper La Voz de Caldas, which had been circulating in Manizales for 13 years.[1] He was assassinated by Lieutenant Jesús María Cortés Poveda and is often considered 'the first Colombian journalist assassinated'.[2][3] Represented by Jorge Eliécer Gaitán as his lawyer, Cortés Poveda was absolved after ten years.[4]

The Foundation for Press Freedom considers Galarza Ossa's "the first murder of a journalist for reasons of his work of which there is a record in Colombia".[5][6] By 2018, the historical number of journalists killed for reasons related to their work in Colombia was estimated in 155.[7]

Further reading edit

  • Villegas Botero, Adriana (February 19, 2018). "The History of Eudoro Galarza Ossa, the first journalist assassinated in Colombia". Escribanía. 15 (1) – via University of Manizales.

References edit

  1. ^ Villegas Botero, Adriana (February 19, 2018). "The History of Eudoro Galarza Ossa, the first journalist assassinated in Colombia". Escribanía. 15 (1) – via University of Manizales.
  2. ^ Cadavid Correa, Orlando (May 6, 2011). "El teniente homicida que no se arrepintió" [The homicidal lieutenant who did not repent]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  3. ^ Rincón, Roberto. "Eudoro Galarza: un asesinato entre el silencio y la impunidad" [Eudoro Galarza: a murder between silence and impunity]. Consejo de Redacción (in Spanish). Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  4. ^ "Un magnicidio que cambió la historia" [An assassination that changed history]. La Nación (in Spanish). Bogotá. April 9, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  5. ^ "FLIP conmemora 80 años del primer asesinato de un periodista en Colombia" [FLIP commemorates 80 years of the first murder of a journalist in Colombia]. Eje21 (in Spanish). October 12, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  6. ^ Colombia.com, EFE- (October 13, 2018). "¿Quién fue el primer periodista asesinado en Colombia?" [Who was the first journalist assassinated in Colombia?]. Colombia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  7. ^ Vatner, S. F.; McRitchie, R. J. (November 1975). "Interaction of the chemoreflex and the pulmonary inflation reflex in the regulation of coronary circulation in conscious dogs". Circulation Research. 37 (5): 664–673. doi:10.1161/01.res.37.5.664. ISSN 0009-7330. PMID 155.