Julio Augusto García Romero

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Attacks on the Press 2005: Americas Snapshots

Attacks and developments throughout the region

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Photographer dies while covering protests

New York, April 21, 2005 ­ Photographer Julio Augusto García Romero died Tuesday evening, after inhaling tear gas while covering a demonstration in downtown Quito, Ecuador’s capital. The demonstration, organized to protest the now-ousted President Lucio Gutiérrez, was moving toward the Palacio de Carondelet, the seat of the executive branch, when police fired water cannons…

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APRIL 19, 2005 Posted: April 22, 2005 Julio Augusto García Romero, La Bocina and Punto de Vista KILLED—CONFIRMED Photographer Julio Augusto García Romero died after inhaling tear gas while covering a demonstration in downtown Quito, Ecuador’s capital.

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