His killing has motivated the justice department in the area to investigate further into the drug trafficking crimes on the rise. The Secretary General of SPP, Santiago Ortíz, has come out and said that Paraguayan society is living in a state of narco-politics that will eventually destroy the social base of Paraguay. Thus, it is important that the country looks at these cases and attempts to further stop them. Impact Medina's killing due to his investigation came amidst a dangerous time for Paraguayan journalists. Other journalists who were investigating the country's drug trade as well as judicial corruption, Fausto Gabriel Alcaraz and Edgar Pantaleon Fernandez Fleitas, respectively, were killed in Paraguay that same year. The executive director of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, Joel Simon, has comes out and said that journalists are unquestionably under greater threat than ever. Reactions The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has spoken about her deep concern over Velázquez and his assistants' killing. She says that it is important that the people who executed this attack be brought to justice not only because of criminality but to possibly deter future killings against journalists. Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes was also quick to condemn the killing after it happened. He issued a statement shortly afterward citing the attack as threatening the peace of Paraguay as well as a violation of human rights and freedom of expression. See also Human rights in Paraguay References Date of birth missing 2014 deaths Assassinated Paraguayan journalists Deaths by firearm in Paraguay People from Asunción Year of birth uncertain