{"id":111266,"date":"2018-04-05T14:01:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T18:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=111266"},"modified":"2018-04-05T14:01:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T18:01:56","slug":"alicia-ortega-threatened-for-coverage-of-jose-silvestre-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/04\/05\/alicia-ortega-threatened-for-coverage-of-jose-silvestre-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicia Ortega threatened for coverage of Jose Silvestre murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alicia Ortega \/ Noticias SIN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Local authorities and journalism rally in support to investigative journalist Alicia Ortega after she said her life has been threatened for a report on the case of the murder of Jos\u00e9 Silvestre. Recently, a key witness in the case was murdered and the murder has not been solved.<\/p>\n

Among those who have supported the work of Ortega and made public statements are journalists Juan Bol\u00edvar D\u00edaz, Huchi Lora, \u00c1lvaro Arvelo, Marino Zapete, Roberto Cavada, Edith Febles, Miguel Guerrero, Patricia Solano, among others. Others who have made support statements are international personalities including B\u00e1rbara Bermudo, Mar\u00eda Elena Salinas, Rose Mary Santana and New York congressman Adriano Espaillat. Locally politicians Luis Abinader, David Collado, Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Antonio Isa Conde, Tony Isa Conde, Pancho \u00c1lvarez, have shown their support for Ortega.<\/p>\n

Ortega went public revealing on her TV investigative journalism show, El Informe con Alicia Ortega, that she has had insider information of threats against her person for her following the case on Noticias SIN news station against Matias Avelino Castro, accused of being the intellectual author of the death of Jos\u00e9 Silvestre. The case is linked to drug trafficking. Ortega said the insiders told her that the remark \u201cif he is sentenced, Alicia will know who we are, we are going to hit her.\u201d The statement would have been made by an inmate in La Victoria Jail.<\/p>\n

The threat is being investigated by the Attorney General Office and the National Police.<\/p>\n

Read more in Spanish:
\nDiario Libre<\/a>
\nNoticias SIN<\/a><\/p>\n

5 April 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Local authorities and journalism rally in support to investigative journalist Alicia Ortega after she said her life has been threatened for a report on the case of the murder of Jos\u00e9 Silvestre. Recently, a key witness in the case was murdered and the murder has not been solved. Among those who have supported the work … <\/p>\n

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