"Stop taking photos if you don't want to end
up like Regina," Espinosa said he was told by a government
representative controlling the crowd.
By Aug 3, 2015
(AP) -- With an investigation barely underway, Mexican journalist
protection groups are already expressing fears that authorities won't
consider the brutal killing of a photojournalist as being related to his
work - even though he fled the state he covered fearing for his safety.
City officials said Sunday they are pursuing all lines of investigation
in the death of Ruben Espinosa, whose tortured body was found along
with four slain women in an apartment in Mexico's capital. Prosecutor
Rodolfo Rios Garza said authorities were following protocols for crimes
against journalists and crimes against women, as well as looking at
robbery as a possible motive in the case.
historically have been quick to discard their work as a motive, even
though the country is the most dangerous in Latin America for reporters.
Some 90 percent of journalist murders in Mexico since 1992 have gone
unpunished, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
No comments:
Post a Comment