Two unidentified gunmen entered the his broadcast booth and shot him at point-blank range. Bancayrun was known for outspoken attacks on corruption and drug smugglers. On Feb. 22 that year, Oscar Garcia Calderon, a reporter on the bullfighting beat for the El Espectador in Bogota, Colombia was forced into a cab by three unidentified people as he was leaving the newspaper's offices. He was shot three times and his body was dumped near the attorney general's office. Co-workers said he had uncovered links between drug traffickers and bullfighting and was going to write a book about it.
Journalists take many risks for their career.
But others see these reporters as the enemy. The problem is that people don't think. They get wound up in their emotions and are controlled by them. Don't blame me or any of the millions of reporters in the world for doing our job. Take a step back from emotions and look at the bigger picture.