Mexican journalist shot dead, the sixth in 2016
Source: Guardian
Mexican journalist shot dead, the sixth in 2016
Press freedom groups call on the authorities to investigate his murder
Roy Greenslade
@GreensladeR
Thursday 19 May 2016 01.58 EDT
Another reporter has been killed in Veracruz, a Mexican state regarded as one of the most dangerous for journalists in a country regarded as one of the most dangerous in the world for journalists.
Manuel Santiago Torres
González was shot in the head on Saturday (14 May) while walking home in the city of Poza Rica after covering an electoral campaign event in nearby Tuxpan.
Torres González, 48, was a correspondent for TV Azteca and Radiover.com, and edited his own site, NoticiasMT. He also worked as an assistant in the Veracruz state attorney’s office. He had not received any threats.
He became the sixth journalist murdered in Mexico this year and the second in Veracruz. According to research by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least six journalists have been killed in direct retribution for their work since Javier Duarte de Ochoa became governor of Veracruz in 2010.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/may/19/mexican-journalist-shot-dead-the-sixth-in-2016
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Journalist Manuel Torres González, 45, was shot in the head from behind on
May 14 after leaving state offices in the city of Poza Rica in northern Veracruz [/center]
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