According to CPJ data, 48 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 1992, including 45 who were targeted for murder. Just a few days earlier, radio journalist Santiago Barroso was shot dead in his home in northern Mexico. And in January, another radio journalist, Rafael Murúa Manríquez, was also found dead in northwest Mexico. It is a cruel irony that another journalist was killed in Mexico on the eve of World Press Freedom Day — a day intended to acknowledge the difficult circumstances journalists face and to honor those who have been killed or jailed because of their work. According to CPJ data, four journalists were killed “in direct reprisal for the work” in Mexico in 2018, and six were killed in 2017.

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2019 18:45 UTC