16 paramilitary members suspected in slaying of Colombian reporter

A Colombian judge on Wednesday ordered the arrests of
16 alleged paramilitary members for their suspected involvement in
the killing of a journalist last year, according to dpa.
According to Colombian media reports, TV journalist Luis Carlos
Cervantes was killed after he researched ties between officials in
the municipalities of Taraza and Caucasia, in the province of
Antioquia, and the powerful paramilitary drug gang Clan Usuga.
Cervantes was shot dead on August 12, 2014, in Taraza. The
organization Reporters Without Borders ranks Colombia 128th out of
180 countries based on its record for press freedom and violence
against journalists, including killings.