Second journalist shot dead in a week in Mexico's Tijuana
January 23, 2022
11:10 PM CST
Last Updated 2 hours ago
Americas
By Lizbeth Diaz
1 minute read
MEXICO CITY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - A Mexican journalist was shot dead in the northern border city of Tijuana on Sunday, the state government said, becoming the second killed in the area within a week.
Lourdes Mandonado, a journalist with decades of experience, was shot dead in her car in the Santa Fe neighborhood of Tijuana, the attorney general's office of Baja California said in a statement.
The killing came less than a week after officials reported that Mexican photojournalist Margarito Martinez, 49, died after being shot in the head outside his home in Tijuana.
A source with knowledge of the case said Maldonado had been registered in the state's protection program for journalists, which included some police surveillance of her home.
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