On the afternoon of Monday, August 22, journalist Fredid Román Román, who was director of the media 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 real hell for those who work in the profession.
Román was getting into his car on the streets of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, when two people on a blue motorcycle intercepted the journalist and shot him to death. When elements of the Mexican Red Cross arrived, they could only confirm the death of the journalist.
Elements of the state police arrived at the scene to cordon off the area, awaiting for the elements of the Public Prosecutor's Office, who collected evidence and took the body to the forensic service to carry out the forensic work.
The Prosecutor's Office stated that "it is carrying out investigation and follow-up work to clarify the facts, so that the law is applied to those responsible for various crimes".
Just a couple of hours earlier, Fredid Román presented his latest collaboration, which was titled "Crimen de Estado sin culpar al jefe" (State Crime without blaming the boss), where he broke down the latest revelations of the Ayotzinapa case.
So far in 2022, 15 journalists have been murdered. On January 10 in Veracruz José Luis Gamboa was murdered, 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.
According to the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Mexico is the second most insecure country for journalists, second only to Burma.
From this media located in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA, we deeply condemn the murders of Mexican journalists who seek to freely and safely exercise their journalistic work in Mexico, and at the same time, as Mexican nationals, we demand that the government clarify, resolve and exercise the full weight of the law for those who took the lives of these and all murdered journalists.
At the same time, we demand that all reporters, photographers, cameramen, editors, publishers 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 work in Mexico, and today their integrity is compromised.
With information from Aristegui News e Infobae.
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