He was killed because he had the courage to speak out because he exercised his first amendment rights as a journalist.
Organizations
Brown-richard
07:08
For years, De Dios worked to investigate and expose international reports of drugs and crime, first as editor of New York's largest Spanish language newspaper El Diario, and later as the publisher of two crime magazines. In 1991, he was shot point-blank while sitting in his favorite restaurant in Queens. Richard Brown is the district attorney from Queens who worked with federal agents on the case.
Organizations
Brown-richard
07:31
The same tactics repeatedly used by Colombian cocaine traffickers in South America to silence their critics, were used here. He was killed because he had the courage to speak out. Because he exercised his first amendment rights as a journalist.
Latino USA 05
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00:25 - 00:33
He was killed because he had the courage to speak out because he exercised his first amendment rights as a journalist.
Brown-Richard
Background--Music
07:08 - 07:31
For years, De Dios worked to investigate and expose international reports of drugs and crime, first as editor of New York's largest Spanish language newspaper El Diario, and later as the publisher of two crime magazines. In 1991, he was shot point-blank while sitting in his favorite restaurant in Queens. Richard Brown is the district attorney from Queens who worked with federal agents on the case.
Barco-Mandalit del
United States--New York--New York City
United States--New York--New York City--Queens
Brown-Richard
Drugs
Murder
Organized crime
Interviews--Community members
Interviews--Professionals
Field reporting--Journalists
07:31 - 07:47
The same tactics repeatedly used by Colombian cocaine traffickers in South America to silence their critics, were used here. He was killed because he had the courage to speak out. Because he exercised his first amendment rights as a journalist.