A journalist who had been missing since the day before was found dead in Mexico, in a region plagued by criminal violence. Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, according to the NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
A journalist was found dead on Saturday in the Mexican state of Tabasco (South), after being missing the day before, said the prosecution of this region plagued by criminal violence.
Alejandro Gallegos was the director of the weekly La Voz del Pueblo (“The voice of the people“) And professor at the Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco.
His body was found at the edge of a road, said the state prosecutor’s office in a statement, adding that the crime mobile was not yet known.
Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists according to the NGO Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), who has counted more than 150 assassinations in the profession since 1994.
RSF deplored on its X account in Spanish “deeply“The death of Mr. Gallegos and demanded that the surveys be carried out”Taking into account his work as a journalist“.
She also asked that the government’s special protection mechanism for journalists be granted to her family.
The Governor of Tabasco, Javier May, also regretted this “loss“, assuring on x to aim for”Zero impunity“.
-At least two other assassinations of journalists have taken place since the inauguration of President Claudia Sheinbaum on October 1, 2024, according to RSF.
Before Alejandro Gallegos, Mauricio Cruz Solis and Cayetano de Jesus Guerrero were killed, respectively on October 29, 2024 in Michoacan (West) and January 17 in the State of Mexico (Center).
As for the state of Tabasco, which has a large part of the production of Mexican oil, it has experienced violence in recent months.
On January 5, seven people died and five were injured in a shooting inside a bar.
In November, six people lost their lives and ten were injured in a previous attack in a night entertainment place.
According to a survey by the National Statistics Institute, 95.3% of adults living in the state capital, Villahermosa, felt insecure in the last quarter of 2024. It is the highest figure in national level.
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