30 November 2004

Alert

Photographer killed in Sinaloa state


Incident details

Gregorio Rodriguez

photographer(s)

killed
(WAN/IFEX) - In a 30 November 2004 letter to President Vicente Fox, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed their outrage at the murder of photographer Gregorio Rodriguez.

According to reports, Rodriguez, a photographer with "El Debate" newspaper, which has editions in Culiacan and Mazatlan, was murdered on 27 November in Escuinapa, in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, an area well known for drug trafficking. Rodriguez died instantly when he was shot at least five times as he ate at a restaurant with his wife and sons. The motive for the murder is not yet known and no arrests have been made.

WAN and WEF reminded the president that Mexico remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world in which to be a journalist. Rodriguez's murder comes only three months after the killing of "Portavoz" columnist Francisco Arratia Saldierna in the border city of Matamoros (see IFEX alert of 2 September 2004).



Source:

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Updates to this story

Four men, including former police chief, convicted of photographer's 2004 murder; mastermind still unidentified 8 April 2008 IAPA calls for action against journalist's murderers 30 August 2006 Ex-police chief detained in connection with photographer's murder 8 July 2005 Journalist threatened over report on possible links between former police chief and drug traffickers 16 December 2004

Mexico

Murdered journalist may have been mistaken for someone else 12 January 2012 IAPA calls for prompt investigation into reporter's death in Nuevo León 10 January 2012 "Noroeste" correspondent threatened 9 December 2011 See all alerts: Mexico


 
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