His most recent work was as an editorial writer.

He was found dead in his apartment with his throat slit.

It is unclear what the motive was...a robbery or retaliation for something he wrote.

Please say a prayer for my aunt and her family. She is one of the most kind, gentle, and faithful woman I have had the honor of having in my life. I know today her heart is crushed.

Prayers will be sent.

This is an example of universal sadness over an inhuman event. I suggest that he went to his eternal reward. As a concerned Christian, I think he'd want us to be at peace.

and he was 75 yr. old

this world can be quite ugly

Ron

If I may ask, was he a national or an American who chose to live there?

I always thought it could be a dangerous place to live.

He and my aunt are from the same city my mother grew up in. My parents met in the elevator of his apartment building.

I also remember when I was kid hearing that he had been threatened while working as a journalist for a radio station. Writing/journalism takes some serious guts in many places in the world...

Colombia has been a lot more secure than it was 10-15 years ago, but of course it still has problems. If the motive was robbery, then it's just another random case of criminal evil and greed.

But if it's related to an editorial he wrote...I have no other words than thank God for the peace we are blessed with here...regardless of our differences.

Either way, I hope they find the devils who did this to him. One of the greatest accomplishments he's known for is starting a cultural program that brought poetry to kids in schools.