Eudoro Galarza Ossa (Caramanta, 1895 – Manizales, October 12, 1938) was a Colombian journalist. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper La Voz de Caldas. He was assassinated by Lieutenant Jesús María Cortés Poveda and is often considered 'the first Colombian journalist assassinated'. Represented by Jorge Eliécer Gaitán as his lawyer, Cortés Poveda was absolved after ten years. The Foundation for Press Freedom considers Galarza Ossa's "the first murder of a journalist for reasons of his work of which there is a record in Colombia". By 2018, the historical number of journalists killed for reasons related to their work in Colombia was estimated in 155. Further reading Adriana Villegas Botero, "The History of Eudoro Galarza Ossa, the first journalist assassinated in Colombia" (2020), Escribanía, 15(1). https://revistasum.umanizales.edu.co/ojs/index.php/escribania/article/view/2550 References Colombian journalists Male journalists 1895 births 20th-century journalists 1938 deaths