Two women journalists were murdered Monday, May 9 in Mexico, said the judicial authorities, who are studying all possible leads to determine the motives for the crime.
Yessenia Mollinedo, director of the El Veraz news portal, and Sheila García, cameraman, were shot dead in Cosoleacaque in the eastern state of Veracruz, the prosecution said in a statement.
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This double murder comes four days after the assassination on Thursday of Luis Enrique Ramírez, columnist for the newspaper
El Debate
, in the state of Sinaloa (northwest).
This was the ninth informant killed since the beginning of the year, according to press freedom NGOs Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Articulo 19.
“We will follow all investigative leads”
to determine the motives for the crime
“including their journalistic activity
,” said prosecutor Verónica Hernández, quoted in the text.
"We are documenting the case, consulting other sources
," said the NGO Articulo 19, which wants to confirm that the death of the two victims is indeed linked to their journalistic work.
According to activists, journalists have to pursue other professional activities because of their precarious situation.
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The governor of Veracruz, Cuitláhuac García, indicated that a device had been put in place to arrest the assassins.
Impunity is often the rule in the murders of journalists in Mexico.
This Monday, journalists demonstrated in the center of Mexico City to demand
"an end to the violence and murders of journalists in Mexico"
.
With some 150 journalists murdered since 2000, Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries for the press in the world, according to RSF.
