Colombian photojournalist escapes kidnappers
“They tied my hands and put a hood around my head,” Vargas, 35, told CPJ in a telephone interview. “They said they were going to make me disappear.”
In January 2014 he received death threats after producing a documentary and publishing photos in Diario del Cauca about local resistance to a housing project being built on environmentally sensitive wetlands. Vargas said his coverage helped spur community protests and prompted some prospective home buyers to pull out of the project.
Photo: REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga