of high government and business officials. The three suspects, Osvaldo Daniel Viti, Gustavo Fabian Smith, and Alejandro Zabala, were tried in court for the murder of Gangeme, but they were all acquitted in 2002 by the Criminal Court of Northwest Chubut. During the trial it was discovered that the gun and fingerprints did not match the suspects'. The case has become an unsolved murder. Context A few years previous to Gangeme's death, one of the most important legal developments was occurring in Argentina. The law that needed reformed was the criminal defamation law. If this law was successful in its reform, Argentina would have one of the best legal frameworks for press freedom in Latin America. The Argentine Supreme Court decided to add "actual malice" to their neutral reporting standards. This means that plaintiffs must prove the published information is false and that the journalist knew it was false at the time of publication. In 1986 it was decided that plaintiffs may not sue a journalist for accurately producing information about a public figure. This provides significant protection to Argentine journalist. It play a major role in rival against journalist. In 1997, the President at the time, Carlos Menem said that citizen's had a right to give the press a beating. Two years after this statement, Gangeme was shot dead. Impact Gangeme oftentimes walked a fine line between walked controversy and sensationalism in his publications. His exposure of businessmen, companies and other government officials significantly impacted the entire Argentine journalist community. The murder of Gangeme is important because he is one of the most recent cases of a journalist killed not only in his country but also in the world. Gangeme pursued his right to freedom of speech no matter what. The number of threats and violence toward journalists never stopped Gangeme from publishing against one of the biggest companies in his country, Trelew Electric Cooperative in Chubut. He published concerns about their business and financial interactions with the government. Gangeme reveling the company's secrets essentially aided in the Argentine government's economics. Reactions The Organization of American States issued a report stating that investigative journalism was mostly likely the motive behind the killing of Gangeme. The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement by its executive director Ann K. Cooper: "We hope that the investigation will soon reach a successful conclusion. While we are encouraged by the reactions of