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Saturday, September 12, 2020

Veracruz: journalist found beheaded, the 135th reporter killed since 2010, Veracruz is most lethal state

Chivis Martinez  Borderland Beat  TY Gus  Zeta Tijuana



The lifeless body of journalist Julio Valdivia Rodríguez, a “Nota Roja” [crime]reporter for the newspaper El Mundo de Córdoba, was found this Wednesday, September 9, in the municipality of Tezonapa, in the central mountainous area of ​​the state of Veracruz, which borders Oaxaca.

According to police reports cited by local media, the journalist was beheaded.

The remains were abandoned near the railroad tracks between the communities of Motzorongo and Paraíso, where the motorcycle on which he was traveling was also found.

“El Mundo newspaper laments the loss of our valued colleague and journalist Julio Valdivia Rodrígez, who was cowardly assassinated this afternoon.

We express our condolences to his entire family”, the newspaper published in his accounts of the various social networks.




The 44-year-old reporter devoted himself full-time to journalism. He had been working for El Mundo for about five years and had previously worked at El Buen Tono, according to Aristegui Noticias.

According to other journalists, the area of ​​the Tezonapa municipality was considered risky, so few dared to report from that region, especially due to pressure from criminal groups to censor journalists.


Julio Valdivia had been threatened months ago, however, in an official statement the State Commission for Attention and Protection for Journalists (CEAPP) indicated that it was unaware of the situation because no previous incident had been reported to him:

"He worked without special protection measures, because until the moment of the attack he had not reported to this Commission any situation or threat that he considered a risk to his safety."


From 2000 to date, ARTICLE 19 has documented 135 murders of journalists in Mexico, possibly related to their work. Of the total, 124 are men and 11 are women.

Of these, 47 were registered during the previous term of President Enrique Peña Nieto and 15 in the current term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The government of Javier Duarte, which began in December 2010 and ended on November 30, 2016 in Veracruz, has been the most lethal for communicators: 17 journalists have been killed (including photojournalist Rubén Espinosa). This state has the highest record of murders of journalists, with 30.

The most recent case is that of Julio Valdivia , murdered on September 9, 2020 in Veracruz.




Note:
 Sorry this is late posting.  Another contributor had it in draft but is unable to post.

25 comments:

  1. Silencing the news with obvious complicity of gob,in the form of apathy,it sort of proves the cesspit the politicos inhabit.Like cockroaches they want no light shone on any aspect of their lives or"work"?

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    1. 9:13 como eres güey, always blaming "the government"...
      Find a cover line of work and leave your ID a secret and be a lethal reporter, but do not be a kamikaze!!!

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    2. 927
      "always blaming "the government"."
      Of course,lets not blame the poor mexican gob for reporters deaths.
      Are you crackin again,swerve that pipe baby,your gibbering again

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  2. Was this the guy that the government claimed wasn’t murdered, but instead was decapitated in a motorcycle accident?

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  3. Behead the republishers and make journalism great again!



    Ps; that should've been chivis not that poor soul.

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    1. You should publish your name....

      -Pepito

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    2. Plebito
      Why should he publish his name?

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    3. You should be ashamed of yourself for that comment internet tough guy

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    4. 10:15 do not be ashamed, we like to see a hairy asshole once in a while, may even roll a dollar and stick it up your ass with a corn cob on the side, no butter.

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    5. 10:15 you post a lame comment, you like the real information 👍, translated to English, then leave the website, clean the house and the basement. Laptop lazy azz.

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  4. Send in the US special forces and wipe out all these cartels

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    1. US special forces are useless if they can't enter the country.

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    2. US forces will get destroyed like Vietnam.

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    3. 12:49 US forces are in too order.
      Did the government of Mexico allow US forces to come in? Well that answers your question.

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  5. why would anyone be surprised. Newspapers reporters are open season. Can u imagine what they would do to u guys at Borderland Beat.

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    1. It happened to BB already, allegedly. Years ago with the story of El Dia de La Coneja.

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    2. The real Sol Predido vanished no one saying what happened to him.

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  6. I know this has nothing to do with the article but have you heard about the leader of the black disciples being killed by the gulf cartel? And the black disciples still having to pay 450,000$+ to them after the fact

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    1. Well Well you heard of liptons brigade, just to stay running they had too work50 hour week.

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  7. @10:15 What the f*ck is wrong with you! If you don't like what BB does then piss off from here! Majority of us appreciate what the people here do. Team Chivis.

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  8. 12:51PM What is that about?

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