15.06.2012
Body of the prominent journalist who used to specialize in investigative journalism was found in one of the blocks in the center of Mexican city, Ksalapa, located in the east of the country
An employee of the regional “Milenio” newspaper, Victor Baez Chino, according to the BBC, was kidnapped several hours before passers-by found his body.
The murder of Victor Baeza Chino was ninth in the series of bloody massacres of journalists covering aggravated confrontation between two powerful local drug cartels by the Mexican drug mafia. But this particulaer murder was widely discusses and got a great public attention. Governor of the Velakrus State, where the tragedy occurred, said that thorough investigation will be carried out.
Less than a month ago, May 19, another journalist working with the criminal materials, was found dead in a ravine at one of the country roads in northern Mexico. According to media reports, he was under shadowing and was kidnapped in front of numerous witnesses by masked men, and then brutally murdered. Letter from one of the drug cartels’ representatives was found near the body, threatening the government and other journalists.
Body of the prominent journalist who used to specialize in investigative journalism was found in one of the blocks in the center of Mexican city, Ksalapa, located in the east of the country
An employee of the regional “Milenio” newspaper, Victor Baez Chino, according to the BBC, was kidnapped several hours before passers-by found his body.
The murder of Victor Baeza Chino was ninth in the series of bloody massacres of journalists covering aggravated confrontation between two powerful local drug cartels by the Mexican drug mafia. But this particulaer murder was widely discusses and got a great public attention. Governor of the Velakrus State, where the tragedy occurred, said that thorough investigation will be carried out.
Less than a month ago, May 19, another journalist working with the criminal materials, was found dead in a ravine at one of the country roads in northern Mexico. According to media reports, he was under shadowing and was kidnapped in front of numerous witnesses by masked men, and then brutally murdered. Letter from one of the drug cartels’ representatives was found near the body, threatening the government and other journalists.
