He reported threats against his life. This week, he became the ninth journalist killed in Mexico thi

[Judi Lynn]

He reported threats against his life. This week, he became the ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year

By KATE LINTHICUM
SEP 22, 2018 | 1:15 PM
| MEXICO CITY

Two years ago, Mexican journalist Mario Gomez Sanchez went to police and told them he was afraid for his life.

Gomez, who worked at a newspaper in the southern state of Chiapas, said he had been threatened on Facebook by the driver of a member of Congress whom Gomez had accused of corruption in a recent news story.

According to the press freedom group Article 19, which interviewed Gomez about the threats at the time, the driver vowed to “load” Gomez with bullets. “I’ll blow your head off,” the driver reportedly said.

On Friday, Gomez was leaving his house in the small town of Yajalón when two unknown attackers approached on motorbikes and opened fire. Gomez, 40, was shot multiple times, authorities said. He died later at the hospital, becoming at least the ninth journalist slain in Mexico this year.

More:
http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-journalist-killed-20180922-story.html

[Xipe Totec]

1. The official title for journalist in Mexico is...

Organ donor.

Sad, tragic, macabre, gruesome, but true.

[Judi Lynn]

2. That is sad. So many murdered already, all of them such brave people, too.

Clearly they don't do it to get rich, don't do it for status, they do it because if they don't, no one else will step up. They try to make the world better, to give others the chance to know what's going on, even with crooked officials, crooked businesses, and business, government and outright criminals often being tied together.

Organ donors, what a shame, but easy to understand the dark humor.