Journalists in Mexico rally in protest over press intimidation after a

The young photographer had fled the state of Veracruz in fear for his life to seek security in Mexico City.

The body of a Mexican photojournalist from the state of Veracruz has been found along with four other individuals in Mexico City.

Rios didn’t determine the opposite victims, exclusively giving their ages as 18, 29, 32 and 40. The threats were serious enough that he decided to leave Veracruz and head to Mexico City, which has been seen until now as a refuge for journalists threatened by organized crime in the country. “Displaced journalists used to return to Mexico Metropolis as an island of safety. Now there is no place to go, no place to run”.

The journalist didn’t need to be named for safety causes.

“Rubén Espinosa’s murder marks a new milestone in the violence against the press in Mexico”. Two others, including Espinosa, were Veracruz journalists found dead outside of the state.

The prosecutor’s office said three of the women found killed lived in the apartment where they were found, one of whom was a native of Colombia, while the fourth was a domestic worker. They showed signs of resisting and had abrasions from fighting back.

Earlier this year, the National Commission on Human Rights said 97 journalists had been killed in Mexico in connection with their work since 2010.

Ramirez said that Article 19 had published an alert about Espinosa on June 15 after he arrived in Mexico City. Prosecutor Rodolfo Rios Garza stated authorities have been following protocols for crimes towards journalists and crimes towards ladies, in addition to taking a look at theft as a potential motive within the case.

Fears that Espinosa’s demise might finish in impunity have been fueled by Sunday’s information convention by Rios, when Mexico Metropolis’s prosecutor by no means acknowledged that Espinosa was looking for refuge in Mexico’s capital, saying he got here to the town for “skilled alternatives”. Authorities in general in Mexico are quick to discard their work as a motive in journalist killings. “But the exact theme is that he was at risk and after a month he was assassinated”. This adds another name to the long list of journalist silenced by drug cartels or government officials.

Veracruz is one of Mexico’s most risky states for journalists, with 17 killed since 2000 according to journalism advocacy group Article 19.

Espinosa had recently gone into self-exile from the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, where he felt under threat, according to Proceso.

Espinosa, who was 31 years old, had specialized in documenting local social movements in Veracruz, many of which are critical of Duarte.

Espinosa worked for the investigative magazine, Proceso, and other media.