Julio Fuentes Serrano

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Julio Fuentes Serrano (11 December 1954 – 19 November 2001) was a Spanish war correspondent for newspaper

Sarobi area on the highway between Jalalabad and Kabul in Afghanistan.[1][2]

Murder trial

Reza Khan was convicted of participating in the murders and sentenced to death on 20 November 2004.[3] Two Afghani brothers, Mahmood Zar Jan and Abdul Wahid, were also implicated and convicted in the murders of the journalists in 2005.[4] Khan was executed by gunfire in October 2007 at the same time that 14 others were executed, including the convicted murderers of Fuentes' colleagues.[5]

See also

  • List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–14)

References

  1. ^ "Journalists believed dead after ambush". The Guardian. 20 November 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ Weiner, Tim (20 November 2001). "A NATION CHALLENGED: NEWS MEDIA; 4 Foreign Journalists Are Shot And Possibly Killed in Ambush". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ Death penalty for Afghan killer. BBC, 20 November 2004, Retrieved 7 May 2021
  4. ^ "Two more death sentences in 2001 murders of four journalists". Reporters Without Borders. 31 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ Shah, Amir (9 October 2007). "Afghan Government Executes 15 Prisoners". washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2021.