Mexico journalist found shot dead
Mexico journalist found shot dead
Fri, 24 Oct 2014 8:20 AM
The editor of an investigative magazine in violence-wracked northwestern Mexico, who disappeared two weeks ago, was found dead with gunshot wounds on Thursday, a prosecutor said. Antonio Gamboa Uris of the Nueva Prensa political magazine in Sinaloa state had been reported missing since October 10. His body was found "partially buried and with gunshot wounds," state prosecutor Marco Antonio Higuera told reporters.
Higuera said the journalist was kidnapped outside a bar. So far, five suspects have been arrested in the case, and some of their statements led to the discovery of the body.
"We believe that Gamboa's professional work was a possible motive for the crime, though we are not excluding any possibilities as part of the investigation," said Francisco Sandoval, who has followed the case for London-based press freedom group Article 19.
Nueva Prensa covers corruption issues and is published in the town of Los Mochis in Sinaloa, one of the regions hit hardest by drug violence and the birthplace of Mexico's most important druglords. Gamboa participated in August in protests by Sinaloa journalists against a gag rule that was adopted limiting media coverage of crime in the state. The measure was ultimately repealed by the state legislature.
According to his family, Gamboa had received no threats that could make him fear for his safety, Article 19 said.
Gamboa's disappearance coincided with the murder of Atilano Roman Tirado, who was shot while broadcasting a live weekly radio program in the state capital Culiacan.
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A Mexican photojournalist, who worked for, among others, the investigative outfit Proceso, has been found dead along with four other people at an apartment in the country's capital.
According to Article 19, a group that advocates for press freedom, Rubén Espinosa is the 88th journalist killed in Mexico.
But this death is different. According to Article 19, which talked to Espinoza's family, the photojournalist had been threatened in his home state of Veracruz. The threats were serious enough that he decided to leave Veracruz and head to Mexico City, which has been seen until now as a refuge for journalists threatened by organized crime in the country.
Unfortunately, The Guardian reports, Espinoza was found with two gunshot wounds:
"He was found dead with four women, three of whom lived in the apartment in the middle-class Narvarte neighborhood near the centre of the city, according to the Mexico City prosecutor's office. The fourth woman was a domestic employee, the prosecutor's statement said. It said identifications and cause of death were still being verified." ...
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