Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat
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The body of photojournalist Raul Lopez Mendoza, was located this morning in colonia Xangari of this capital city of Michoacán, inside a light gray colored vehicle with Mexico City plates.
It is assumed he was murdered but information leaked alleges there is no outward signs of the cause of death. Translation: No stab wounds, no bullet wounds.
It is assumed he was murdered but information leaked alleges there is no outward signs of the cause of death. Translation: No stab wounds, no bullet wounds.
In the vehicle the journalist’s press pass was also located, issued by the newspaper “Cambio de Michoacán” where he was employed. The newspaper is considered the most influential in the state of Michoacán.
Mendoza López disappeared last Thursday and had not been heard from since then, nor any information or demands sent to his workplace, family or friends. The vehicle was abandoned with the body on Huacúsecha Street.
As of yet, the cause of death have not been determined.
Attacks against the press in In Michoacán attacks have increased, at least 10 cases of physical and threatening aggression in the past three months, mainly from the authorities and public security forces. Just last week it was announced the dismissal of a state trooper who assaulted a local photographer for the newspaper La Voz de Michoacán; however, another photographer of the same newspaper was also fired last week after reporting the assault of a police.
