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Second Brazilian journalist murdered in a week

A Brazilian journalist was shot to death on Sunday (12 February) in what police believe was a contract killing.
Paulo Roberto Cardoso Rodrigues, known as Paulo Rocaro, was the second journalist to die in Brazil within a week. Rocaro was the editor of a daily paper, Jornal da Praça, in Ponta Porã in the Paraguayan border state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
He also ran a news website and worked as a correspondent for two statewide newspapers, Correio do Estado and O Progresso de Dourados. He was known for writing about corruption
He was driving home when he was shot five times by two gunmen on a motorcycle.
His killing came three days after the murder of Mario Randolfo Marques Lopes who was murdered along with his girlfriend in the city of Barra do Piraí in Rio de Janeiro state.

publicado no The Guardian

Cf. também:

• Brazilian Editor Gunned Down  – IPI Internacional Press Institute

Brazilian journalist and girlfriend kidnapped and murdered

The body of a Brazilian journalist who wrote about corruption and had survived one attempt on his life was found the day after he was abducted.
Mário Randolfo Marques Lopes had been shot dead along with his companion, Maria Aparecide Guimarães.
Randolfo, editor-in-chief of the news website Vassouras na Net, was kidnapped with his girlfriend on Wednesday by three men in the city of Barra do Piraí in Rio de Janeiro state. Their bodies were found 22 hours later dumped next to a highway.
Randolfo, 50, had frequently written articles accusing local officials of corruption. His most recent article alleged that local judges and courts were corrupt. He was also being sued for defamation by a judge and a police officer.
In July last year, Randolfo was working in his newsroom when a man burst in and shot shot him in the head, which left him in a coma for three days. After he recovered, he moved home and worked from there.
A local congressman, José Mário Salomão de Omena, said Randolfo had "a large volume of enemies."
Ricardo Pedreira, executive director of Brazil's National Association of Journalists, said: "The frequent reason behind violence against journalists, bloggers and radio journalists is organised crime... Impunity is a problem in Brazil."
The New York-based press freedom watchdog, the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ), has documented a rise in violence against the media in Brazil over the past year.
Two journalists were killed in the country in 2011 because of their work, and four others were killed in unclear circumstances.

publicado no The Guardian 

Cf. também:

• Brazilian Reporter Brutally Executed  – IPI Internacional Press Institute
• Journalist who covered corruption murdered in Brazil – CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists