Another journalist killed amid growing gang violence in Mexico, 52 journalists killed in five years

Mexico City. The murder of another journalist has come to light amid increasing gang violence in Mexico. In the past five years, 52 journalists have been killed in Mexico. Officials and Press Freedom Organization gave this information. Officials say journalist Nelson Mateus was shot on Saturday in Acapulco, southwest Mexico. Mateus was the director of the local news organization ‘Lo Real de Guerrero’. This organization mainly covers the news of violence in the state of Guerrero in Mexico.

According to the journalists’ organization ‘Article 19′, Matus had a fatal attack in 2019 as well. Local authorities said they are probing the murder case. Just a week before Mateus’ murder, another journalist was brutally murdered in western Mexico. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a group of journalists, said the incident underscored the challenges and threats the press continues to face in Mexico. According to CPJ, 52 journalists have been killed in gang violence in Mexico in the past five years. The committee reported that Mexico was one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists last year.

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