Mexican Journalist Manuel González, director of PM Noticias, is murdered in Morelos

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The journalist was shot to death in Morelos Mexico, the Attorney General’s Office reported on Wednesday, September 29th.

MEXICO CITY, (September 29, 2021).- Journalist Manuel González Reyes was shot to death in the central state of Morelos, the Attorney General of that Mexican state reported on Wednesday.

González Reyes, who was director of the Portal Morelos Agency, died Tuesday afternoon after being attacked by two armed men when he was in an area of ​​food stalls in the city of Cuernavaca.

Asesinan al periodista Manuel González Reyes en Cuernavaca, Morelos #AbreLosOjos @MendivilCrystal por @ImagenTVMEx pic.twitter.com/7lpJL108Do

— imagenzea (@imagenZea) September 29, 2021

The journalist, who was Emiliano Zapata’s mayoral candidate for the extinct Bienestar Ciudadano party in the regional elections in mid-year, died as a result of a firearm shot in the head, the Attorney General’s Office said in a statement. of Morelos.

Tarjeta Informativa

Con relación al homicidio registrado la tarde de este martes 28 de septiembre en el municipio de Cuernavaca, la Fiscalía General del estado informa.

Nota Completa:https://t.co/K83ktL8MOz pic.twitter.com/bHaMDc2M8D

— FISCALIA MORELOS (@Fiscalia_Mor) September 29, 2021

According to preliminary investigations, at least one person participated in the attack on the journalist, the Public Ministry said.

Right to free expression 

The murder of González Reyes was condemned by the international organization Article 19, which defends freedom of expression and the right to information, which announced on its Twitter account that it had completed the homicide documentation.

📢 ARTICLE 19 se encuentra documentando el asesinato de Manuel Reyes, director del medio digital “Agencia PM Noticias”.

Según información pública fue asesinado por dos sujetos desconocidos a bordo de una motocicleta, en Cuernavaca, Morelos.

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— ARTICLE 19 MX-CA (@article19mex) September 29, 2021

Article 19 said that according to public information the journalist was killed by two unknown subjects on a motorcycle.

Murder of journalists

During the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which began in December 2018, at least 44 journalists have been assassinated, according to figures from the Secretariat of the Government of Mexico. González Reyes is at least the sixth journalist assassinated in the country so far this year.

Last month, the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel publicly threatened journalist Azucena Uresti, a well-known news anchor, with death.

Source: Sipse

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