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9th Journalist killed in mexico this year
He was in Mexico’s protection program, yet reporter Candido Rios and two other men died after being shot by unknown assailants in Veracruz, local police said in a statement.
The correspondent of the Diario de Acayucan and founder of La Voz de Hueyapan Ríos was gunned down late Tuesday by a commando when he was outside an Oxxo store located in the town of Juan Diaz Covarrubias, municipality of Hueyapan de Ocampo, Veracruz.
Ríos became the ninth journalist murdered in Mexico so far this year and the 20th in that region in 10 years.
He was incorporated into the program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists of the Ministry of the Interior, because he had received several threats.
According to police reports, Ríos was outside the commercial establishment with the former police inspector of Acayucan Victor Acrelio Alegria and a driver, when several subjects used high-powered weapons against them.He was incorporated into the program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists of the Ministry of the Interior, because he had received several threats.
Alegría, was killed at the scene, and the driver died while being transferred to a hospital.
