The investigation into the events that occurred last Wednesday on the road that leads Ibagué – Bogotá, where the journalist Ricardo Calderón was attacked, was taken by the National Human Rights Unit.
“The attack against Ricardo Calderón is an attack against democracy and freedom of expression” said The Attorney General of Colombia, Eduardo Montealegre Lynett.
“We have appointed a special prosecutor who will have exclusive dedication to integrate an elite group with the National Police and the CTI because we must determine the facts. As Office of the Attorney General of Colombia is our obligation to establish the dark forces that are attacking freedom of expression,” announced Attorney General Montealegre.
By means of preliminary investigations, the Office of the Attorney General has a hypothesis indicating there is a relationship between Ricardo Calderon’s attack and his journalistic activities, probably because of the investigations he had been conducting concerning some interest groups in the country for “Semana” magazine, place where he works.
“There are serious indications what may be the source of this attack”, said The Attorney General of Colombia.