Individuals and journalists be a part of a nationwide protest towards the homicide of journalist Lourdes Maldonado and freelance photojournalist Margarito Martinez on the Mexico monument in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photograph/Marco Ugarte)
MEXICO CITY --
A journalist was shot useless within the southern state of Oaxaca on Thursday, the fifth killed this yr in Mexico, the state prosecutor's workplace stated in an announcement.
An official with the Oaxaca state safety company, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the sufferer was Heber Lopez, director of the net information web site Noticias Net.
The Oaxaca state prosecutor's workplace stated that two suspects within the killing had been in custody and a gun had been recovered from them.
Rodolfo Canseco Gutierrez, director of the net information web site RCP Noticias and a longtime buddy of Lopez's, stated the journalist coated crime and police information.
Witnesses stated that round 6:30 p.m., Lopez was in his workplace when a white car carrying two males pulled up in entrance, Canseco Gutierrez stated. One man obtained out, walked into the workplace and shot Lopez, he stated.
Canseco Gutierrez stated he had simply had breakfast with Lopez on Wednesday. He stated his buddy had by no means advised him he'd acquired threats, however he did not doubt the killing needed to do along with his work.
He recalled that in June of final yr, journalist Gustavo Sanchez Cabrera was killed by gunmen solely about 20 minutes from Salina Cruz.
Lopez's homicide follows these of 4 journalists in January.
On Jan. 31, Roberto Toledo, a digicam operator and video editor for the net web site Monitor Michoacan was shot by assailants as he ready for an interview in Zitacuaro, Michoacan.
Within the border metropolis of Tijuana, crime photographer Margarito Martinez was gunned down outdoors his dwelling Jan. 17. On Jan. 23, reporter Lourdes Maldonado Lopez was discovered shot to demise inside her automotive additionally in Tijuana.
Reporter Jose Luis Gamboa was killed within the Gulf coast state of Veracruz in an assault Jan. 10.
Jan-Albert Hootsen, Mexico consultant of the Committee to Defend Journalists, stated by way of Twitter: "The primary six weeks of 2022 have been the deadliest for the Mexican press in over a decade."
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