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Guillermo Cano Isaza was a Colombian journalist and editor of the newspaper El Espectador. He was born on August 12, 1925 in Bogotá, Colombia. He was the son of a prominent lawyer and politician, and was educated at the Colegio San Bartolomé in Bogotá. He began his career as a journalist in 1945, working for the newspaper El Tiempo. In 1951, he joined El Espectador, where he worked for the next 30 years. He was appointed editor-in-chief in 1978, and held the position until his death in 1986. During his career, he was a vocal critic of the Colombian government and its policies. He was an advocate for freedom of the press and human rights, and was a strong opponent of drug trafficking and corruption. In 1986, he was assassinated by members of the Medellín Cartel. He was posthumously awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize in 1997.

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Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 12 August, 1925
Birthday 12 August
Birthplace Bogotá, Colombia
Date of death (1986-12-17) Bogotá, Colombia
Died Place Bogotá, Colombia
Nationality Colombia

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1997

In 1997, UNESCO created an annual prize that bears his name—the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize—which serves to honour a person or institution that has done outstanding work in defending the freedom of the press. In 2000 he was named one of International Press Institute's 50 World Press Freedom Heroes of the 20th century.

1995

In an October 1995 ruling, four individuals (María Ofelia Saldarriaga, Pablo Enrique Zamora, Carlos Martínez Hernández, and Luis Carlos Molina Yepes) were found guilty of conspiring to commit his murder and sentenced to prison terms of 16 years, 8 months. However, on appeal, the convictions of all but Molina were overturned.

1986

On 17 December 1986 as Guillermo Cano Isaza was leaving the offices from El Espectador in his Subaru Leone one of two hitmen on a motorcycle across the street at a stoplight opened fire at Cano with an Uzi shooting Cano 4 times in the chest, causing him to lose control of the car and crash into a light pole. The hitmen quickly fled the scene he was taken to a Hospital where he died shortly before 7 pm . It was assumed that the attack was in response to a campaign Cano had launched in the paper years earlier to denounce the influence of drug traffickers in the country's politics. Three years later the El Espectador's building was destroyed with a 300-pound bomb, Cano's family lawyer was murdered, and the Cano family summer house was burned down.

1952

Guillermo Cano was the heir of Fidel Cano Gutiérrez, the founder of El Espectador. As a journalist, he had worked on the paper's bullfighting, sports, cultural and political sections. He had served as the editor of El Espectador since 1952. He was a huge Star Wars fan and also supportered the Colombian soccer team Athletic National.

1925

Guillermo Cano Isaza (12 August 1925 – 17 December 1986) was a Colombian journalist.

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