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Marehemu alikuwa akiripoti katika Gazeti la Expreso kwa zaidi ya miaka 20, anakuwa mwandishi wa 12 Nchini humo kuuawa ndani ya mwaka huu
Mji wa Ciudad Victoria uliopo karibu na mpaka wa Tamaulipas umekuwa na matukio mengi ya uhalifu. Ukiondoa maeneo yenye vita, Mexico ndiyo inayotajwa kuwa eneo hatari kwa usalama wa wanahabari
Source: Aljazeera
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Mexican journalist shot, marks 12th reporter murdered this year
Violence targeting reporters in Mexico continues to rise, as 47-year-old Antonio de la Cruz was shot outside his home.
A Mexican journalist was shot and killed while leaving his home in Ciudad Victoria in northeastern Mexico.
His 23-year-old daughter was also seriously injured in the gun attack on Wednesday.
The victim, 47-year-old Antonio de la Cruz, a reporter for the regional newspaper Expreso, is the 12th Mexican journalist murdered this year amid rising violence against members of the press.
De la Cruz worked for Expreso for nearly three decades, reporting on rural and social issues while living in the city of Ciudad Victoria. The city is located in the border state of Tamaulipas, which has faced issues of violence and organised crime.
The shooting of de la Cruz is the latest in a string of violent attacks on journalists in Mexico, making 2022 the deadliest year on record for members of the country’s press.
Mexico is the most dangerous country for reporters outside of war zones.
Two Mexican journalists, Yessenia Mollinedo and Sheila Johana Garcia, were murdered in the state of Veracruz in May, and more than 150 journalists have been killed since 2000. Those employed by smaller regional outlets often face the most risk.
Human rights and press freedom groups have lamented the violence faced by Mexican journalists and called on the government to act.
On its website, the group Reporters Without Borders said that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had not “undertaken the necessary reforms to stop the spiral of violence against the press”.
