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Two Journalists Found Dead At Hotel In Southeast Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Sept 25 (BERNAMA-NNN- EFE)-- Two journalists were found dead of still-unknown causes at a hotel in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco, sources with the state Attorney General's Office confirmed to EFE on Thursday.
The victims were identified on Wednesday night on Twitter as Jose Joaquin Perez Morales and Aurelio Hernandez Herrera, whose lifeless bodies were found at the Carranza hotel in downtown Villahermosa, Tabasco's capital.
Criminal investigators are carrying out an inquiry and forensic experts are conducting autopsies, the state AG's office said.
The two journalists arrived Wednesday morning at the hotel in the company of two women, and their bodies were found at 12:45 p.m. that same day, local media reported.
The cause of death may have been poisoning considering that the corpses of Perez Morales, a 61-year-old journalist, and Hernandez Herrera, a 65-year-old photojournalist who had worked in the past for local media, bore no signs of violence.
Perez Morales and Hernandez Herrera were working at the time of their deaths for online magazine Oro Negro and Tabasco's Cultural Institute, respectively.
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/wn/newsworld.php?id=1174061
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José Joaquín Pérez Morales (d) y Aurelio Hernández Herrera (i), asesinados en Tabasco, México.
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Google translation from news source Prensa Libre:
Mexico: Found two journalists killed in Tabasco hotel
Two journalists were found dead in a hotel in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco, but so far have identified the cause of death and the motive, sources confirmed Thursday the state prosecutor.
The institution revealed last Wednesday night via Twitter that the victims were Jose Joaquin Perez Morales Hernandez and Aurelio Herrera, whose lifeless bodies were found in the Carranza hotel in the center of Villahermosa, capital of Tabasco.
Prosecutors said groups "Criminologists and police experts are conducting research various steps" to clarify what happened, while the Medical Examiner performed the autopsy law.
Sources said that the institution will release more information about the event in the coming hours.
Mystery
According to local media, the two journalists arrived on Wednesday morning at the hotel accompanied by two women and their bodies were found about 12:45 local time the same day.
The bodies of journalist and photographer Perez Morales Hernandez Herrera have no signs of violence, so it is assumed that the cause of death was poisoning, although nothing is confirmed.
Perez Morales, 61, was working with the digital magazine Black Gold, while Hernandez, 65, with the Cultural Institute of Tabasco and in the past worked for local media.
http://www.prensalibre.com/internacional/mexico-hallan-a-dos-periodistas-muertos-en-hotel-de-tabasco
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On edit, adding translation from journal, Oro Negro:
Family and friends are the journalist Joaquin Morales Perez September 24, 2015 11:20 am 0 Comments VILLAHERMOSA/REDACCIÓN/ORO NEGRO.- Today the 5 the afternoon will be cremated the remains of prominent journalist and collaborator of Gold black José Joaquín Pérez Morales at the funeral home of the ISSET. José Joaquín Pérez Morales, of 70 years of age, who died tragic Wednesday 23 September is accompanied by relatives and friends in the facilities of the funeral home located in avenida Méndez, by Tamulté. Together with José Joaquín Pérez Morales, was found dead in the hotel "Carranza" Aurelio Hernández Herrera, of 63 years, photographer and former President of the Union of photographers of Tabasco, after allegedly entering with two females.
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No traces of violence After the discovery, the building staff immediately gave notice to the authorities, reaching the place elements of the Office of the Attorney-General (FGE) to carry out the uprising of the bodies. In the interior of the room they found beer cans and belongings of the journalists. The body of Hernandez Herrera was upside down in the bath, While Morales Perez's was found on the side of the bed, also with your face glued to the floor, both without traces of violence. They went out for food; they did not return According to the first investigations, both journalists entered Tuesday midnight. Aurelio was who requested the room for him and his friend, being accompanied by two women, those responsible for the reception, Guadalupe Hernandez, described low build, brunette and slim. The information provided by the employee from the hotel authorities said that several hours after, both women got out of the room, located on the third floor of the building, under the argument that they would go for food; However, already returned to know more than them.
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