Ana Velia Guzmán y Maldonado (1975 – 30 September 2024) was a Mexican journalist and television presenter for Televisa Tijuana. She also worked for

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and

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Biography

Velia was born in

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, Mexico. She began her career in 1999, when she started as a reporter for Channel 12. Later, she joined

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, where she served as presenter of the news program ''Hechos Baja California''. She was the host of this program from 2010 to 2018. She was also a correspondent for

. She operated a

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"Diálogos con Ana Velia Guzmán". Velia was also a professor at the

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(UABC) and Academic Vice President of COLCOMBC. Velia died at hospital in

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at the age of 49. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021. The director of Humanities at the College of Communicologists of Baja California, Diana Merchant said she was "more than a journalist; she was a defender of freedom of expression". Her funeral was held on 4 October in

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. Velia Guzmán is survived by her husband and son.

References

1975 births 2024 deaths People from Jalisco Deaths from breast cancer in the United States 21st-century Mexican journalists 21st-century Mexican women Mexican women television presenters Mexican women academics Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Baja California {{Mexico-journalist-stub