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Mexico

Reporter murderedPosted Apr 6 2010

Evaristo Pacheco Solís, 33, a reporter for the weekly Visión Informativa, was found shot to death on March 12 in Chilpancingo. His body was found along the side of a rural road with several gunshots. The authorities are investigating the murder. It is unclear whether his murder was linked to his work, but some believe his reporting is the cause.

Other updates from Mexico

Feb 2012: Journalist and activist killed by gunmen
Oct 2011: Mexico citzens turn to social media to report terror
Sep 2011: Mexico most dangerous place to be a journalist
Feb 2011: Newspaper employee becomes latest casualty of the drug war
Nov 2010: Spain’s Agencia Efe launches a new platform for mobile phones
Nov 2010: Police raid shuts down radio station
May 2010: Sixth journalist killed in Mexico this year
Apr 2010: Columnist kidnapped and murdered
Mar 2010: Several journalists kidnapped
Feb 2010: Journalists killed
Feb 2010: Mexico named a dangerous place for journalists
May 2009: Journalist gunned down on World Press Freedom Day
Apr 2008: Photographer Gabriel Huge Córdoba was detained
Oct 2007: Newspaper delivery workers murdered
Jul 2007: No hope of finding missing journalists alive
Apr 2007: President eliminates prison sentences for libel