That the journalist of The world Fernando Lázaro (Logroño, 15 April 1966-Madrid, 14 June 2025) was one of the most prominent investigative journalists in the recent history of Spain, does not support. In the newspaper libraries, libraries are the exclusive that demonstrate. From the Case of the faisan barWhere the security forces warned of an ETA ranking network of an approaching raid, to the photo that would eventually become the terrible representation of the pandemic. Lázaro, although he did not speak, was the one who He received the photo of the boundaries collected on the skating track of the Ice Palace from Madrid.
Those who knew him know that, in addition to all that, that it is not a small thing, Fernando Lázaro was one Excellent person and a generous partner To unexpected extremes. That, thanks to an enviable character -all time cheerful, always jovial, always willing to laugh -even in the most unfavorable situations.
And what if he was confronted with adverse situations. The most important, his illness, with which he had fought for a day of 1999 in which he was diagnosed Malt lymphoma. The diagnosis was a handful of technical words that were immediately assimilated with cancer, but he said: “I can’t lose vital positivism that will come to me and for my environment. You still have to give a lot of pedals“
In Diario 16, the confidence of the employees of the workshop was won, which he accompanied infallible until the newspaper began to work
He gave them. “From the beginning, the cards on my back,” he explained his reaction years later. “The doctor said: this is the panorama. I said phenomenally. I do what I am widely in journalism. What I want is clarity.” Lázaro always had thanks to the medical team that attended him: the Hematology-Hemotherapy Service in Ramón y Cajal Hospital.
With effort, he still won many years – always little – death. Transplants, aggressive medicines, disabled people, They could not with their strength. There would be still be many chronicles, to go to many gatherings “my friends of es radio”, telemadrid, tve, rn-and to recoive numbererous recognitions for their work of the most various institutions, whose names say it all: dignity and justice, jimice, jimice, jimice, jimice, jim Terrorism, Police Foundation, Foundation Victims of Terrorism or the Episcopal Conference Bravo for the Image of the Covid Coffins in the Ice Palace.
I met Fernando – it is inevitable to resort to the first person – Diario 16Where he worked as an editor at night. Already there, responsible for closing and despite his youth, he showed his extensive and fascinating way of his –“A riojano in Madrid”, Such as defined and won the confidence of the employees of the workshop, which he accompanied infallible until the newspaper started working.
In the summer of 89, when he went to Navarra University looking for new talents for The worldFernando approached me in the faculty bar. We talked, he told me that he was enthusiastic about the new project, so I immediately opened a gap in the list that I had already closed with other students. There is no later meeting with Fernando who did not remind me of that meeting: “Chief, that changed my life”. Not only professional, but also personally, because he there the companion who would become her wife and mother of her daughters.
His signature was repeated again and again on the coverage of El Mundo. To the point to be a reference for young prospective journalists
He joined the national part of The world. He was the youngest in a team of recognized professionals -consolidated experiences in parliamentary journalism, in foreign relations, at Casa Real, …, who emphasizes him at all. Soon a hole opened Safety, defense and terrorism. With his character it was not difficult for him to get sources where he investigated whether they were the armed forces, safety or courts. After the sources, the exclusive, countless exclusive exclusive. Because Lazarus was then called a breed journalist, from Acute vision and smell to see and smell where the news was hidden.
His signature was repeated again and again on the coverage of The world. To the point to one Reference for young prospective journalistsTo which he infected his passion for the profession in his classes in the Master’s degree of journalism and research from his newspaper or in the Master’s degree for leadership and values of Ceu San Pablo.
Perhaps it was exclusive that gave him the greatest fame Case of the faisan barIn which he worked for months and months, until in March 2011 he received the seized document that confirmed all suspicions. It was an act of a meeting of Government negotiation with the bandIn which it was said that the “Chivatazo” had been a political decision and that the government was tried to prevent arrests.
No terrorism has been discovered by The world He was not involved, somehow, Fernando Lázaro. But not alone. It must also be only about the Evasion of Pujol Capital to Andorra or the images of the Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez in Barajas.
Despite the damn disease, he never kept being aware of the present. Wax Publish in the newspaper until last February And in the networks until just a few days ago. Leaves a huge gap at a time that investigating journalism, his journalism, has again manifested itself as essential.
Fernando Lázaro I was 59 Last April.
