On the evening of Monday, August 22, journalist Fredid Román Román, who directed the media outlet La Realidad de Guerrero, was murdered in Mexico. With him, 15 journalists have been killed in the neighboring country so far this year, making it a true hell for those who work in the profession.
Román was getting into his car on the streets of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, when two people riding a blue motorcycle intercepted the journalist and shot him dead. When elements of the Mexican Red Cross arrived, they could only confirm the journalist's death.
State police officers arrived at the scene to cordon off the area, awaiting the arrival of the Public Prosecutor's Office officers, who collected evidence and took the body to the forensic service to carry out the expert work.
The prosecution said it is "conducting investigation and monitoring work to clarify the facts, so that the law can be applied to those responsible for various crimes."
Just a couple of hours earlier, Fredid Román presented his latest collaboration, entitled "State Crime without Blaming the Boss," where he analyzed the latest revelations of the Ayotzinapa case.
So far in 2022, 15 journalists have been murdered. On January 10, José Luis Gamboa was murdered in Veracruz, on January 17, Margarito Martínez in Baja California, Lourdes Maldonado on January 23, in Michoacán Roberto Toledo on January 31, Jorge Luis Camero Zazuela in Sonora on February 24, Heber López on February 10 in Oaxaca, Juan Carlos Muñíz on March 4 in Zacatecas.
Also Armando Linares in Michoacán on March 15, Luis Enrique Ramírez on May 5 in Sinaloa, Yesenia Mollinedo Falconi on May 9 in Veracruz, Sheila Johana García Olvera on May 9 in Veracruz, Antonio Cruz on June 29 in Tamaulipas, Ernesto Méndez in Guanajuato on August 3, Juan Arjón on August 17 in Sonora, and the murder of Fredid Román in Chilpancingo, Guerrero is added.
According to the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Mexico is the second most unsafe country for journalists, only above Burma.
From this media outlet located in San Francisco Bay, California, USA, we deeply condemn the murders of Mexican journalists who seek to freely and safely carry out their journalistic work in Mexico, while, as fellow citizens, we demand that the government clarify, resolve and exercise the full weight of the law against those who took the lives of these and all the murdered journalists.
We also demand that all reporters, photographers, cameramen, writers, editors and other journalistic positions be protected by the State, because, although our media is focused on the Latino community in California, we have collaborators who carry out their work in Mexico and today their integrity is compromised.
With information from Aristegui News e Infobae.
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