Death On The Border

Project
Published: October 24, 2018

Banner: Edin Pasovic / OCCRP

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Stories

Investigation

Tracing Their Last Journey

The kidnapping and murder of Ecuadorian reporter Javier Ortega, photographer Paul Rivas, and their driver Efrain Segarra in...

Investigation

The Story Javier Ortega Never Wrote

Just before his final visit to the lawless border between Ecuador and Colombia, the murdered journalist had learned about a...

Investigation

When Home Becomes an Armed Camp

Both Colombia and Ecuador have sent thousands of soldiers and police to their restive border on the Mataje River. But the...

Investigation

Blood on the Water

A visit to Mataje, the Ecuadorian border town where two journalists and a driver were kidnapped in March, reveals the...

Investigation

Guacho Speaks

Read the WhatsApp transcripts between Ecuadorian police and the guerillas who kidnapped and murdered the El Comercio...

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Timeline

Credits

OCCRP: Birgit Brauer, Daniela Castro, Maxim Edwards, Olena Goncharova, Adem Kurić, Ilya Lozovsky, Sharon L. Lynch, Nathan Jaccard, Ivana Jeremic, Jody McPhillips, Edin Pašović, Bojana Pavlovic, Paul Radu, Stella Roque, Michał "Rysiek" Woźniak

Forbidden Stories: Jules Giraudat, Rémi Labed

Verdad Abierta: Juan Diego Restrepo, María Flórez, Ricardo Cruz

Fundación Para la Libertad de Prensa: Jonathan Bock, Julián García, Sebastián Salamanca

Liga Contra el Silencio: Jeanneth Valdivieso, Sinar Alvarado

Fundamedios

Periodistas Sin Cadenas: José María León, Isabela Ponce, Diego Cazar, Soraya Constante, Sol Borja, Susana Morán, Estefanía Celi, Ángela Meléndez, Edu León

To ensure their safety, some reporters’ names are not revealed.

This series was made possible by the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium, a partnership between OCCRP and Transparency International. For more information, click here.

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