Reporter killed in Mexico to become seventh journalist killing this year
Juan Carlos Muñiz, who covered crime for Testigo Minero, killed in Fresnillo as website says this social breakdown
is out of control
Associated Press in Mexico City
Fri 4 Mar 2022 18.37 EST
A journalist has been killed in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas, becoming the seventh killed in the country so far this year.
Juan Carlos Muñiz, who covered crime for the online news site Testigo Minero in Fresnillo, was killed on Friday, according to the state governor, David Monreal.
Solidarity with his family, friends and colleagues, said Monreal. There can be no impunity for this.
Alfredo Valadez, also a journalist, said Muñiz also drove a taxi in the city to make ends meet.
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Journalists are often the targets of Mexicos drug cartels, which seek to intimidate and manipulate coverage of their activities and their rivals. Local politicians and government officials are also frequently linked to murders, and impunity in those killings runs above 90%.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/04/seventh-journalist-killed-mexico