By Lizbeth Diaz
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican journalist was shot lifeless within the northern border metropolis of Tijuana on Sunday, a authorities official mentioned, turning into the second killed within the space inside per week.
Lourdes Mandonado, a journalist with many years of expertise, died from a gunshot to the pinnacle whereas in her automotive, parked in entrance of her house in Tijuana, the official from the state of Baja California informed Reuters.
The killing got here lower than per week after officers reported that Mexican photojournalist Margarito Martinez, 49, died after being shot within the head outdoors his house in Tijuana.
A second supply with information of the case mentioned Maldonado had been registered within the state’s safety program for journalists, which included some police surveillance of her house.
Maldonado was the third journalist killed this yr in Mexico.
From 2000 to 2021, human rights group Article 19 has registered 145 murders of journalists in Mexico, with seven deaths final yr.
(Reporting by Lizbeth Diaz; Writing by Cassandra Garrison; Enhancing by Clarence Fernandez)
Supply: KFGO
