Another journalist murdered in Mexico

Mexican journalist was burned in barrel

Ahhh Mankind...Ya got to love the evil thought process of man, his lust for wealth & hate for his fellow man.

Another journalist killed in Mexico...
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Kidnapped Mexican jounalist found with throat slit
11 Apr.`10 — The body of a kidnapped Mexican journalist has been found with his throat slit, federal prosecutors said Sunday.

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The family of Enrique Villicana Palomares, a columnist for the daily newspaper The Voice of Michoacan in central Mexico, reported him missing last week after he didn’t make it to a university where he taught writing. Federal prosecutors said in a written statement that his body was found Saturday in the state capital, Morelia, after someone demanded a ransom. The statement did not say whether a ransom was paid, and prosecutors were not available.

Investigators have not determined if Palomares was targeted because of his work as a journalist. His family told the press advocacy organization Reporters Without Borders that he was a member of the indigenous Purepecha group, and that he had written columns about attacks by armed groups on members on his community. Palomares was at least the fifth reporter killed in Mexico this year, and 12 were murdered last year. Many of those were victims of Mexico’s powerful drug traffickers.

Drug-related violence in Mexico has claimed more than 17,900 lives since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon launched a war against drug gangs. Reporters Without Borders said in a statement Sunday that federal law enforcement officials must do more to protect journalists in Mexico, noting that Palomares' employers had notified state authorities about threats against him more than two weeks ago. “Regardless of the motive, the state attorney general office’s inaction was reprehensible if it was indeed aware of the threats against him," said the statement.

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Drug cartels at it again...
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Drug hitmen kidnap four Mexican journalists: report
Wed Jul 28, 2010 - Suspected drug hitmen have kidnapped four Mexican journalists who were reporting on organized crime in northern Mexico, the latest attempt by cartels to silence the media, a Mexican media group said on Wednesday.

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The Milenio newspaper and TV network said one of its cameramen and three other journalists were abducted Monday after covering a prison scandal in the northern state of Durango in which inmates are accused of being hired guns for a local cartel. Two cameramen from Mexico’s leading broadcaster Televisa were among those kidnapped, Milenio said. Televisa and Durango state authorities declined to comment.

“They are being held by organized crime," Milenio said of the journalists in its online edition. Across Mexico, a war between rival cartels for control of the multibillion dollar drug trade has killed more than 26,000 people since late 2006, worrying Washington and investors.

Attacks on the media have mounted as drug gangs seek to silence journalists who report on the drug killings. Since 2006, at least 30 journalists have been killed in Mexico, according to Mexican media. Mexico is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for the media, the U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists says.

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