Mexican Journalist Is Shot To Death In Chiapas

[Judi Lynn]

Journalist Freddy Lopez, Mexico. | Photo: Twitter/ @taulapermexic

Published 29 October 2021 (3 hours 7 minutes ago)

On Thursday, Mexican journalist Freddy Lopez was shot dead outside his home in San Cristobal de las Casas in the state of Chiapas.

Accompanied by his family, the editor of Jovel magazine was arriving at his home when he was attacked by an unknown person and died almost immediately. The police searched unsuccessfully for the attacker. The Attorney General's Office began investigations to find those responsible for the crime and to clarify its causes.

Lopez, who was a correspondent for El Universal in Guatemala in the 1990s, worked for the Central American magazine Panorama and was in charge of the Notimex office in Chiapas. He also was head of information in the newspaper Novedades and published articles in the magazine Proceso.

On Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported that Mexico ranks sixth in the Global Impunity Index, which assesses countries according to the persistence of the lack of punishment in murder cases. Currently, the world’s deadliest countries for journalists are Somalia, Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Mexico.

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