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Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz was abducted on February 5, 2014, and his body was found buried along with two more people in the Las Choapas municipality in Mexican state of Veracruz on February 11, according to news reports. Armed men reportedly intercepted Jiménez at his home in the town of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, after the journalist dropped his…

Rojas was lured from his home at around 5:30 p.m. by an individual who said he wanted to purchase a vehicle from the journalist, according to the Oaxaca attorney general’s office who issued a statement. The individual then shot the journalist four times in front of his home. Rojas had worked for two months as…

Huge’s body was found with three others in a canal in Boca del Rio, Veracruz state, on May 3. All of the bodies had been dismembered and showed signs of torture. Huge, a news photographer who specialized in the crime beat, had gone missing on May 2, along with another victim, his nephew Guillermo Luna…

Luna’s body was found with three others in a canal in Boca del Rio, Veracruz state, on May 3. All of the bodies had been dismembered and showed signs of torture. Luna, a news photographer who specialized in the crime beat, had gone missing on May 2, along with another victim, his uncle Gabriel Huge…

Báez’s body was recovered on the morning of June 14 near the main square in Xalapa, capital of Veracruz state. He was the editor of the crime section for the state digital edition of the national newspaper Milenio and an editor of the website Reporteros Policiacos, which also covers crime, according to Milenio. In a…

Martínez’ body was found in her home in Xalapa, the capital of the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, news reports said. She had been badly beaten around the face and ribs and had been strangled to death, according to news reports. The state attorney general, Amadeo Flores Espinoza, said in a news briefing that it…

Miguel Ángel López Velasco, 55, a prominent columnist with the Veracruz daily Notiver, his wife, Agustina Solano de López, and their son Misael López Solana, 21, a Notiver photographer, were killed by unidentified assailants who broke into their home around 5:30 a.m., the newspaper reported. Miguel López, a former deputy editor with Notiver, wrote a column under…

Miguel Ángel López Velasco, 55, a prominent columnist with the Veracruz daily Notiver, his wife, Agustina Solano de López, and their son Misael López Solana, 21, a Notiver photographer, were killed by unidentified assailants who broke into their home around 5:30 a.m., the newspaper reported. Miguel López, a former deputy editor with Notiver, wrote a column under…

The decapitated body of veteran police beat reporter Ordaz was found at 4 a.m. on July 26, two days after she was seized by armed men as she left her home. The body was found near the offices of the newspaper Imagen. In a press conference, state prosecutor Reynaldo Escobar Pérez said Ordaz’s murder was not…

López, a columnist for the newspaper La Verdad de Jáltipan in the state of Veracruz, was kidnapped on March 8 by gunmen in two SUVs, local authorities told CPJ. On May 31, his body was found buried in a clandestine grave in the city of Chinameca, according to local news reports. The discovery was made after…