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Heber López: sixth journalist murdered in Mexico so far this year
Heber López Vázquez, a journalist for RCP Noticias, was murdered this Thursday in the Espinal suburb of Salina Cruz, a city located in Oaxaca
The journalist Heber López received several shots from a firearm, being the sixth social communicator killed in Mexico in the course of 2022.
Arturo Peimbert, prosecutor for the city of Oaxaca, reported that the Salina Cruz police identified and arrested two individuals who fled after the murder of the journalist, who was shot inside his recording studio, according to local media sources..
Peimbert has indicated that they are waiting to put the two individuals at the order of the Public Ministry to carry out the necessary investigations. In addition, he indicated that the crime scene where the journalist was murdered is secured.
The prosecutor has detailed that they do not rule out any motive for the murder, so they will keep the suspects in custody and continue the line of investigation.
On the other hand, RCP Noticias would make public the murder of Heber López through its Twitter account, indicating the consternation and pain that his murder has caused.
Days before his murder, Heber López had been threatened for his public denunciations of local officials for acts of corruption, according to local media reports.
Currently, six journalists have been murdered in Mexico. José Gamboa in Veracruz, Roberto Toledo in Michoacán, and Margarito Martínez, Lourdes Maldonado and Marco Islas in Tijuana.
At the end of last month, organizations, journalists and civil society in Mexico called for protests to demand justice for the murders of Mexican journalists.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has announced that in the last three decades around 140 journalists have been violently murdered in Mexico, which ensures that it is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. practice journalism.
