Parmenio Medina

Who was Parmenio Medina?

Parmenio Medina Pérez was a Colombian radio broadcaster and journalist. He was a naturalized citizen of Costa Rica.

Medina was a known as a critical journalist widely viewed as inconvenient for organizations accused of abuse or corruption such as the case of the 1979 Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica or a 1993 scandal about sport footwear imports. His journalistic work was focused on radio, mostly in journalistic investigations. For 28 years he directed the critical and comedy radio program "La Patada".

Due to the nature of his work he made several enemies in Costa Rica and often received death threats. On May 9, 2001 unknown gunmen had already shot his home with no injuries. On July 7, 2001, as he investigated Father Minor Calvo for anomalies in his ownership and sale of the Catholic radio station "Radio María", he was shot three times with a .38 caliber gun and killed near his house in San Miguel.

Parmenio Medina was also working on other cases before his death that were never broadcast. Since these were never known it is possible somebody took advantage of Calvo's notoriety to use him as a scapegoat.