The Mexican justice indicated Friday to investigate a possible new assassination of journalist in Mexico, where the authorities have also announced the arrest of five suspects in the assassination of a photographer at the beginning of the year.
Jorge Luis Camero, 28, was shot and killed Thursday in a gymnasium in the state of Sonora (north).
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The young man was the director of an information site and radio presenter, according to several media.
"
It is presented as the one who had a portal on Facebook called ''El Informativo'', created in May 2018, without being able to confirm it so far
", specifies the prosecution in a press release announcing the opening of 'investigation.
He worked until recently for the town hall of a locality in the state of Sonora, Empalme.
Five journalists killed since the beginning of the year
According to the prosecution, the victim had requested leave for this work on February 9, "
when in a video on social networks he was the subject of reports
" alluding to his possible affiliation with a criminal structure.
These charges were under investigation.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Twitter that it was "documenting the facts"
by asking for an
"exemplary investigation" from the local prosecutor's office.
Five journalists have been killed since the beginning of the year in Mexico, and some 150 since 2000, according to RSF.
The Mexican government announced on Friday the capture of five suspects in the assassination of photographer Margarito Martinez on January 17 in Tijuana (northwest).
The suspects were arrested in possession of weapons and drugs, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said.
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On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called
the high number of journalists killed in Mexico “
worrying ”.
Antony Blinken has asked the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for "more responsibility and protections"
for press professionals.
The nationalist left-wing president called
Antony Blinken's comment "interference". Several journalists killed in recent years worked for news portals - which they sometimes ran - in which they accused local authorities of collusion with the organized crime.