BENJIE CABALLERO. The radio manager dies due to complications with pneumonia after being shot outside his home in Sultan Kudarat. File photo of Benjie Caballero from his Facebook account
He sustained 5 gunshot wounds during the attack and was operated on at a hospital in Davao City to remove two slugs lodged near his lungs and shoulder. He remained hospitalized until he died of complications from pneumonia.Caballero managed Radyo ni Juan and headed the Sultan Kudarat Provincial Task Force on Media Security. He was also known to be critical of a powerful political clan in Maguindanao.
"Benjie Caballero's death is all the more shocking because it undoubtedly could have been avoided if the authorities had provided the resources needed to ensure that he survived his injuries," said Daniel Bastard, the head of RSF's Asia-Pacific desk.
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