Journalist Lourdes Maldonado López was killed in the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Sunday, days after news photographer Margarito Martínez was gunned down at his home there.
Summary
- Journalist Lourdes Maldonado López was killed in the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Sunday, days after news photographer Margarito Martínez was gunned down at his home there.
- According to local news reports, Maldonado was found dead of one gunshot inside a car outside her home.
- Maldonado in 2019 pleaded for López Obrador’s support at his daily press conference, “Because I fear for my life.”
- Martínez was known as a photographer for national and international press who often covered the intersection of politics and organized crime.
- Mexico was ranked at 143 of 180 countries in the 2021 World Press Freedom index published by Reporters Without Borders.