Flor Alba Núñez Vargas

Flor Alba Núñez Vargas (ca. 1990 – 10 September 2015), a Colombian journalist with La Preferida Estero radio station and several TV stations, was murdered in Pitalito, Huila Department, Colombia, where she received death threats before her murder.

Career Núñez was well-known as local radio host for her daily news program "Red Noticias" with La Perferida Estero station in Pitalito.

She also worked for the local Pitalito Channel 6, Nación TV out of Neiva and La Nación newspaper. She was shot in the back of the head while unlocking the door to the radio station she worked at in Pitalito, Colombia. The murder was caught by a surveillance camera.

The government offered a reward for information regarding the murder. The reward offered was 55 million peso, which is equivalent to about $18,000.

The gunman was identified as Juan Camilo Ortiz, who was arrested on 26 September 2015, in Palmiros. Jaumeth Albeiro Flórez (a.k.a. Chory) was identified as the motorcycle driver.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Flor Alba Núñez Vargas was the third journalist, along with Luis Carlos Peralta Cuellar and Edgar Quintero, all killed in Colombia in 2015.

There had been many previous murders of unprotected journalists who reported about corruption, violence, and drugs. In Colombia, in 2015, after the murder of Núñez Vargas, there had been 84 filed violations of press freedom with 126 victims. These high numbers made officials call out for and urge the safety of journalists unlike they have previously. Flor Alba Nunez Vargas's death was tragic, but it serves as another step towards protecting journalists in Colombia.