Another reporter was kidnapped by a pair of armed men in the nearby state of Veracruz. Tabasco state prosecutors said an investigation was underway. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said Sarabia is the seventh journalist killed in Mexico since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office December 1. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWBut the problem has transcended administrations: Ten journalists were killed in Mexico in 2018, the deadliest year to date for the country. The commission said 149 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000.

Source: thestar June 12, 2019 16:07 UTC