June 14. The body
of Mexican journalist Víctor Manuel Báez Chino was found on the morning of
Thursday, June 14, near the main square in Xalapa, the capital of Veracruz
state. This is the fourth journalist to be killed in Veracruz in the past two
months.
Báez was the editor of the crime section for the state
digital edition of the national newspaper Milenio
and an editor of the website Reporteros Policiacos, which also covers crime.
Veracruz, which is a battleground for the Zetas and Sinaloa
cartels, is one of Mexico's most dangerous states for the press. Seven
journalists and one former journalist, all of whom covered the police beat or
politics, have been killed in unclear circumstances in the past year.
The seven journalists from Veracruz...
State spokeswoman Gina Domínguez said in a televised press
conference that officials received reports that three armed men abducted Báez
Wednesday night at 11:30. Domínguez
indicated that an organized crime cartel is responsible for the murder.
After the press conference, national Attorney General
Marisela Morales told reporters she had dispatched federal investigators to
probe the murder, adding that they would look into the possible involvement of
state officials, among other lines of investigation.
There have been no arrests in any of the cases, and several
local reporters have fled to other parts of the country.
(TE Wilson is the author of Mezcalero, a Detective Sánchez novel.)
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