44-year-old David Beriáin, a veteran TV journalist and founder of 93 Metros and cameraman Roberto Fraile were in a convoy carrying both security forces and civilians, which came under attack from unidentified gunmen near the Pama reserve in Burkina Faso. The journalists, reportedly accompanied by an Irish conservation worker who was also killed, had travelled to the region as part of their production about the protection of natural parks.
The two Spanish journalists who were reported missing were found dead today in the eastern region of Fada N'Gourma-Pama, according to the authorities in Burkina Faso and Spain.