Eudoro Galarza Ossa
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Eudoro Galarza Ossa (Caramanta, 1895 – Manizales, October 12, 1938) was a Colombian journalist. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper La Voz de Caldas, which had been circulating in Manizales for 13 years.[1] He was assassinated by Lieutenant Jesús María Cortés Poveda and is often considered 'the first Colombian journalist assassinated'.[2][3] Represented by Jorge Eliécer Gaitán as his lawyer, Cortés Poveda was absolved after ten years.[4]
The Foundation for Press Freedom considers Galarza Ossa's "the first murder of a journalist for reasons of his work of which there is a record in Colombia".[5][6] By 2018, the historical number of journalists killed for reasons related to their work in Colombia was estimated in 155.[7]
