New York, May 26, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists
issued the following statement in response to the killing of Mexican crime
reporter Eliseo Barrón of the Torreón-based daily La Opinión that belongs to
the Milenio media group. Barrón was abducted by unidentified hooded gunmen
Monday and found dead this morning in the town of Gómez Palacio, according to local press
reports:
"We are shocked by the brutal
abduction and killing of Eliseo Barrón and offer our deepest condolences to his
family and friends," said Carlos Lauría, CPJ's Senior Program
Coordinator for the Americas.
"A democracy like Mexico
cannot tolerate that a reporter serving the public good by covering crime and
corruption is bundled out of his home by hooded gunmen and driven to his death.
State and federal authorities must investigate this crime vigorously, and end
this plague of violence against the press."
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