Exposing Cartels: Inside Colombia’s Most Dangerous City for Journalists

In Colombia, journalism can mean far more than reporting the news. In some of the country's most dangerous regions, exposing corruption, drug trafficking and organized crime can make a reporter a target.

Uploaded 15-08-26

This documentary follows journalists working in and around Buenaventura a city where rival gangs, drug routes, extortion and violence have transformed everyday life. Local reporter Henry Ramirez has exposed some of the city's darkest secrets, including clandestine sites where victims were allegedly murdered and dismembered.

His reporting brought international attention—and death threats.

But Henry's story raises a difficult question: *What should a journalist do when telling the whole story could put an entire community at risk?

We also meet investigative journalists who have exposed powerful politicians and criminal networks, some of whom now live under constant protection, behind closed curtains, or far from their families.

Through their experiences, the film explores the real cost of press freedom: fear, isolation, threats, trauma—and the extraordinary courage required to keep reporting when the institutions meant to protect people have failed.

This is a story about journalism, power, violence and the people who refuse to remain silent.

When the truth can get you killed, how far would you go to report it?*

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