Alejandro Márquez Jiménez Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

A police officer stands guard after members of the press wrote messages on the street during a protest against the murder or disappearance of more than 140 journalists in Mexico since 2000, in front of the National Palace in Mexico City on June 1, 2018. The body of journalist Alejandro Márquez Jiménez was found on December 1, 2018, near Tepic, the capital of the northwestern state of Nayarit. (AFP/Yuri Cortez)

Mexican journalist shot dead in Nayarit

December 4, 2018 5:35 PM EST

Mexico City, December 4, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Mexican authorities to immediately undertake a credible and rigorous investigation into the killing of journalist Alejandro Márquez Jiménez, whose body was found on December 1 near Tepic, the capital of the northwestern state of Nayarit, according to news reports.