Mexico: Two Journalists Murdered in 24 Hours, Three This Week

[Judi Lynn]

Demonstrators protest against the murder of Mexican journalists, writing the words:
In Mexico They are Killing Us. No to Silence. | Photo: Reuters

Published 3 August 2019 (29 minutes ago)

Two Mexican journalists were murdered in the space of 24 hours Friday, local media reported, identifying the victims as Zihuatanejo-based editor, Edgar Alberto Nava Lopez, and Veracruz reporter, Jorge Celestino Ruiz.

The pair of deaths amounts to three journalists murdered in the last week and a final national toll of 10 this year.

Nava was the first victim, shot and killed at a restaurant in a coastal city in the state of Guerrero. A journalist and editor, Nava worked for multiple publications, namely the Diario de Zihuatanejo, El Despertar de la Costa and La Verdad de Zihuatanejo. The details of his murder have not been released and it is unsure whether his death is connected to his journalistic endeavors as he had been a hiatis at the time.

Most recently, his time had been devoted to his duties as a Regulations Director in the city, the Prosecutor’s Office of Guerrero said.

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https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Two-Journalists-Murdered-in-24-Hours-Three-This-Week-20190803-0008.html

[Kurt V.]

1. thank you judi lynn for keeping us updated.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Thank you, Kurt V., for taking the time to keep track, too. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

2. Murder of Mexican journalist marks third killing in one week, amid spiralling violence

AUGUST 3, 2019 / 12:32 PM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Murder of Mexican journalist marks third killing in one week, amid spiralling violence
Daina Beth Solomon
2 MIN READ

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican officials said on Saturday they would investigate the murder of a journalist in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz who was the third reporter to be killed in a week in Mexico as the country grapples with a record murder rate.

Jorge Ruiz Vazquez, a reporter at the Grafico de Xalapa newspaper in Veracruz’s capital, died in spite of procedures in place to protect him, the state prosecutor’s office said.

“The prosecutor will investigate why protection measures granted to the victim and his family, which were active, were not enforced,” the entity said in a statement.

Ruiz’s death brings the murder toll of Mexican journalists this year to at least eight compared with nine last year, according to free-speech advocacy group Article 19.

A reporter in Guerrero state who also served as a municipal official was shot and killed on Friday, while earlier last week, a reporter who covered the police in the same state was found dead in the trunk of a vehicle with signs he had been shot and tortured.

More:
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mexico-violence/murder-of-mexican-journalist-marks-third-killing-in-one-week-amid-spiralling-violence-idUKKCN1UT0HA?rpc=401&