User:Kbparrish/Merardo Alejandro Romero Chávez

2011 : 66 Journalists killed NEWS Press (English) December 22, 2011 Thursday http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,PRY,4562d94e2,4f045a8328,0.html

Paraguay journalist Merardo Alejandro Romero Chavez was murdered before his children in his home in 2011. Chaves, 49, was said to be a member of local Esperanza Colorada political party. Chaves had accused a powerful figure in local politics of corruption, news reports said. Weeks before his murder he had recieved many death threats. Chaves told his wife if something were to happen to him that a certain group of people would be responsible. Three men were charged and arrested for his murder in October 2011.