Mexico - Journalist found shot dead in Michoacán state

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the murder Hugo Alfredo Olivera Cartas, a journalist based in Apatzingán, in the central state of Michoacán, whose body was found yesterday morning. He had been shot three times. Olivera's death brings the number of journalists killed in Mexico since the start of the year to eight, or perhaps nine. Aged 27, Olivera was the editor of the Apatzingán-based El Día de Michoacán daily and ADN news agency was the local correspondent of the state-wide La Voz de (...)

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