Sonora: Journalist killed another injured in Hermosillo -3rd in Mexico in 2019
Monday, February 18, 2019
Sonora: Journalist killed another injured in Hermosillo -3rd in Mexico in 2019
Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat from CNN Espanol and Animal Political
Journalist Reynaldo López was killed by armed men while driving his car in the city of Hermosillo, Sonora, in northern Mexico. Lopez was traveling with reporter Carlos Cota, who was also injured. The authorities ruled out that the incident is related to the journalistic activity of the victims. Authorities are actually saying it was probably related to illegal activities by “someone close” to the two men.
The Committee to Protect Journalists to classify Mexico as the most dangerous country in the Western Hemisphere for media workers, and second for the most dangerous in the world.
Presidential spokesman Jesús Ramírez also lamented the attacks, saying “all aggression against the freedom of speech constitutes a condemnable act. We anxiously await action from the corresponding authorities to investigate these acts.”
Cota was a popular sports reporter for Televisa Sonora for many years.
More:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2019/02/sonora-journalist-killed-another.html
