Ten arrested in Mexico for the attack on journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva

The Government of Mexico City announced on Wednesday the arrest of 10 people whom it associates with the attack against the journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva, who was unharmed in December in the capital after a shooting attack against his armored vehicle.

Claudia Sheinbaum, head of the Government of Mexico City, said on the social network Twitter that the Secretary of Citizen Security and the Prosecutor's Office of the capital, with the cooperation of the National Intelligence Center, carried out "12 simultaneous searches" with 10 arrests.

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Gómez Leyva, one of the most popular radio journalists in Mexico, denounced that

to kill him on December 15 when he was on his way home in the Coyoacán mayor's office.

“At 11:10 pm, 200 meters from my house, two people on a motorcycle shot at me, apparently with the clear intent to kill me.

The armor of my truck that I was driving saved me and I have reported the matter to the authorities, ”he recounted on Twitter.

On December 30, the police found one of the cars allegedly involved in the attack against the journalist, according to the newspaper Milenio.

The car does not have a theft report, according to the Public Vehicular Registry, and was made available to the Prosecutor's Office.

The attack caused controversy in Mexico because he is one of the most recognized communicators in the country and because of his critical coverage of the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who promised that the crime would not go unpunished despite the ideological differences that separate him. of the journalist

“I reiterate,

Sheinbaum, who belongs to Morena, the same party as López Obrador, remarked on Wednesday.

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Mexico has established itself as the most dangerous country "at peace" for the press, concentrating 20% ​​of the murders of journalists in 2022 with 13 deaths, according to Reporters Without Borders.

The Inter-American Press Association raises that figure to 20 murders.