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Uruguay: Valeria Coronel Assaulted by Disgraced Mayor

WPF unequivocally supports Valeria Coronel, a journalist with Channel 12 of Melo, who was attacked by Humberto Allende, the disgraced mayor of Cerro de las Cuentas, during her coverage of his trial where he was convicted and sentenced to five years and two months in prison for the rape of an 80-year-old woman.

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