Colombia sentences gunman for 2015 murder of local radio journalist
New York, February 2, 2018--The sentencing of the gunman responsible for the 2015 murder of Colombian radio journalist Luis Antonio Peralta Cuéllar and his wife Sofía Quintero is a welcome step toward justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A court in Florencia, the capital of the southwestern province of Caquetá, yesterday sentenced Yean Arlex Buenaventura to 58 years and three months in prison for the killing of Peralta and Quintero, who were shot on February 14, 2015, near the entrance of their home in the town of Doncello, according to news reports.