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Judi Lynn

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Tue Sep 20, 2016, 06:16 PM Sep 2016

Mexican journalist dies from injuries after being shot in Puebla state

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

Mexican journalist dies from injuries after being shot in Puebla state


Mexico City, September 20, 2016--The Committee to Protect Journalists urged authorities in the central Mexican state of Puebla today to conduct a full and credible investigation into the killing of journalist Aurelio Cabrera Campos, the founder and editorial director of a weekly news magazine, El Gráfico de la Sierra.

Cabrera was attacked by unknown assailants at about 11 p.m. on September 14, while driving near Huauchinango, a city in Puebla approximately 170 kilometers northeast of Mexico City, according to reports. In statements the prosecutor's office made to media, authorities said the attackers shot multiple rounds at the journalist's car. Emergency services arrived after the attack was reported in an anonymous phone call, but Cabrera died several hours later in a hospital in Huauchinango, reports said.

According to a statement by the state prosecutor's office, the investigation is ongoing and the special federal prosecutor for crimes against freedom of expression is reviewing the case.

Cabrera is at least the eighth journalist killed in Mexico this year, including at least two murdered in direct retaliation for their work, according to CPJ research. CPJ is investigating to determine the motive in the remaining cases.

Read more: https://cpj.org/2016/09/mexican-journalist-dies-from-injuries-after-being-.php




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Mexico: Two Mexican journalists murdered in space of three days Judi Lynn Sep 2016 #1

Judi Lynn

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1. Mexico: Two Mexican journalists murdered in space of three days
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 06:28 PM
Sep 2016

Mexico: Two Mexican journalists murdered in space of three days




Two more Mexican journalists were slain last week, bringing the number of media personnel murdered in Mexico since the start of the year to 12. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sounds the alarms and urges the local authorities to quickly identify those behind these murders.

The latest victim was Aurelio Cabrera Campos, the founder and editor of the local news weekly El Gráfico de la Sierra, who was shot several times on the night of 14 September while driving home on the Mexico City-Tuxpan road in Huauchinango (in the central state of Puebla). He died of his injuries a few hours later in hospital.

Two more Mexican journalists were slain last week, bringing the number of media personnel murdered in Mexico since the start of the year to 12. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sounds the alarms and urges the local authorities to quickly identify those behind these murders.

The latest victim was Aurelio Cabrera Campos, the founder and editor of the local news weekly El Gráfico de la Sierra, who was shot several times on the night of 14 September while driving home on the Mexico City-Tuxpan road in Huauchinango (in the central state of Puebla). He died of his injuries a few hours later in hospital.

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https://rsf.org/en/news/mexico-two-mexican-journalists-murdered-space-three-days

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