Tres PostesSix masked men in police vests killed René Cobos Merchán.
He guided Al Jazeera, PBS and Channel 4 reporters through Ecuador’s gang war.
He coordinated sources for a BBC documentary on police corruption, and five sources said death threats followed.
The gunmen first shot his girlfriend’s nephew, whom family members believe they mistook for him.
A longtime colleague still speaks only anonymously, fearing for his life.
How each outlet framed it
- Drop Site News leans critical
- reconstructs the August 23 raid on journalist René Cobos Merchán, where gunmen apparently killed a nephew by mistake
Sources: Drop Site News