He was the author of several books, including the investigation Who Killed Mariano Ferreyra?, which was made into a film and the journalist was key to the conviction of union member José Pedraza, now deceased.
The journalist and researcher Diego Rojas died at the age of 47 as a result of a long illness and for months he had been suffering from complications resulting from a liver transplant performed during the pandemic.
Rojas worked in the Culture section of the Infobae media outlet and was the author of several books, including the investigation Who killed Mariano Ferreyra? which was taken to the cinema and the journalist was key to the conviction of union member José Pedraza, now deceased.
In 2010, after the crime of the Partido Obrero activist Mariano Ferreyra, Rojas met with Pedraza and obtained an interview that, years later, a court would use to convict the union member as a necessary participant in that murder.
Besides, Rojas was editor-in-chief of the magazine Veintitrés and editor of the magazine Contraeditorialwhile he hosted the cultural podcast of Fundación Proa, he also wrote in Clarín and in the cultural supplement ADN of La Nación.
According to Infobae, the family said shortly after learning to read on his own, he took his sister’s Civic Education book to the corners and read about history in secret, while recently, while already hospitalized, he wanted to read the minutes judicial proceedings in the case of the murder of León Trotsky, in Mexico.
Diego Rojas was born in Buenos Aires in 1977, he was the son of a family from Bolivia, a country where he lived for some periods, he graduated from Lasalle School, he studied Literature at the University of Buenos Aires, but he left his degree to fully immerse himself in his passion, journalism.
In addition to Who killed Mariano Ferreyra?, published the books Argentitus, El kirchnerismo feudal and The leftwhere through various historical episodes, such as the arrival of Karl Marx’s envoy to Argentina, he reflects on the efforts to build a new era in the country.
Source: Ambito
I am an author and journalist who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade. I currently work as a news editor at a major news website, and my focus is on covering the latest trends in entertainment. I also write occasional pieces for other outlets, and have authored two books about the entertainment industry.
