On September 15th, Aureliano Campos, head of a weekly Mexican newspaper, died after being shot while driving near Huachinango.

Agustín Pavia, a Mexican lawyer and political figure, was shot and killed upon returning to his home on September 13th.

The high tribunal of the Colombian judiciary condemned the state’s role in the death of journalist, comedian and activist Jaime Garzón Forero, who was killed in 1999.