MEXICO CITY – Another journalist murdered in Mexico, the seventh since the beginning of the year. Juan Carlos Muniz he was killed by assassins in Fesnillo, in the north-central state of Zacatecas, in one of the areas considered to be the most dangerous in the country.
Muñiz dealt with crime news for the Testigo Minero portal and to round up he also worked as a taxi driver. According to the reconstruction provided by the all news TV Milenio, he was shot while he was driving his car in the city center. Some eyewitnesses gave the alarm but when the police arrived on the scene they could only ascertain the death of Muñiz.
There is still no clear lead on the possible motive or on the instigators of the assassination. The journalist used the pseudonym of Rigoberto or ‘TX’ to try not to be easily identified due to the often delicate nature of the news stories he dealt with.
The governor of Zacatecas, David Monrealcondemned the murder through social networks, also expressing his solidarity with the victim’s family.
Mexico, the massacre of journalists. Another reporter killed: he is the fifth in six weeks
With Muñiz, seven Mexican journalists have already been killed since the beginning of the year and, according to the New York-based Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ), Mexico is the most dangerous country in the Western Hemisphere for those working in the field. information. In 20 years there have been about 150 crimes against journalists, crimes that in the vast majority of cases have gone unpunished.