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Hosted by Back to Google NewsPeruvian radio reporter who alleged corruption by local official shot dead while eating lunch
By Carla Salazar, The Associated Press – 7 hours ago

LIMA, Peru — Gunmen shot to death a provincial Peruvian radio journalist who was outspoken in accusing local and regional officials of corruption, a national journalists group said Wednesday.

Four gunmen fired on Julio Cesar Castillo, 41, from close range as he ate lunch at a restaurant in Viru, a town in the northern coastal province of La Libertad, the National Association of Journalists said in a statement.

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Castillo had a news program on the local station Ollantay and was a fierce critic of officials whom he accused of corruption, Mejia said.

The Peruvian journalist association's statement said Castillo had been receiving death threats since March after broadcasting a recording that implicated a top regional official in acts of corruption.

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