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    Colombia: spying on reporters shows army unable to shake habits of dirty war

    More than 130 journalists – including at least three US reporters – surveilled in a country where media has long been targeted
    by Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá Sep 22, 2020 3 minutes
    A soldier stands guard in in Cali. Reporters in the most dangerous regions are still routinely surveilled and threatened by armed factions – including the army. Photograph: Ernesto Guzman Jr/EPA

    María Alejandra Villamizar has had a front row seat of Colombia’s civil conflict. Over a 25-year career, she has reported from rebel-held jungles to territories controlled by violent drug cartels. She also worked as an adviser to several presidents during successive attempts to make peace.

    But she recently discovered that her work had put her in the crosshairs of the military.

    An investigation by the local news weekly Semana found that on Villamizar and more than 130

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