A journalist who had been abducted in Mexico last week has been found dead in the Sinaloa state, according to reports.
Jesús Antonio Gamboa Urías, a journalist for the news site Nueva Prensa was abducted by unidentified kidnappers. His body, riddled with bullets, as found a week later.
Vanessa Garnica from the International Press Institute (IPI) said,
"This case represents yet another blow to press freedom in Mexico, a country that has been ravaged by violence and impunity for several years now."
Article 19, a press freedom organisation said that 222 incidents of aggression against journalists have taken place in Mexico in this year alone.
See more from the Guardian here.
Jesús Antonio Gamboa Urías, a journalist for the news site Nueva Prensa was abducted by unidentified kidnappers. His body, riddled with bullets, as found a week later.
Vanessa Garnica from the International Press Institute (IPI) said,
"This case represents yet another blow to press freedom in Mexico, a country that has been ravaged by violence and impunity for several years now."
Article 19, a press freedom organisation said that 222 incidents of aggression against journalists have taken place in Mexico in this year alone.
See more from the Guardian here.