to smuggle himself into Kosovo, after foreign journalists were denied entry, by posing as a "visiting professor of sociology" who wished to "show solidarity with the Serb people". He was promptly whisked to Belgrade, where he calmly delivered a speech at the university. El Pais later moved him to London. In late 2000, he returned to Cochabamba, where he became visiting Lecturer of Journalism at the university, before retiring to a village away. After many years of battling depression and alcoholism, Gumucio, 52, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound outside of Cochabamba, Bolivia, on February 25, 2002. References External links Juan Carlos Gumucio, por Robert Fisk y Alfonso Gumucio Obituary in The Independent newspaper on February 22, 2002 by Robert Fisk Associated Press Obituary 1949 births 2002 suicides Associated Press reporters Bolivian journalists Male journalists Suicides by firearm in Bolivia American war correspondents 20th-century journalists People from Cochabamba El País people The Times journalists