There are already six and with him, three from the newspaper La Jornada. These are the number of journalists killed in Mexico so far this year. The body of Luis Martín Sánchez, correspondent inside the newspaper The Conferenceappeared last morning in the state of Nayarit, specifically in the town of Ahuacate. She had signs of violence and two cardboard with messages, according to Univisión.
The newspaper had reported his disappearance on Wednesday. Since then there was no news from him and the worst was feared. The Justica Attorney General’s Office confirmed that the body found was his and attributed his death to revenge for his computer work.
Of 59 years, Sánchez was a veteran reporter who knew that her life was at risk due to the denunciations she made in the newspaper. Colleagues by profession expressed their condolences for the crime and called for a protest march for today.
Condemnation from the UN
The Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-DH) condemned the disappearance and subsequent murder of Martín Sánchez Iñiguez in the state of Nayarit, western Mexico, and the crimes committed against two other media collaborators.
In addition to the murder of Sánchez Iñiguez, he pointed out that the two other media contributors locals had also disappeared in the same area between July 3 and 7, although fortunately one of them was found alive on Saturday, July 8.
Osiris Maldonado is still missing
The journalist still missing is Osiris Maldonado of Peace and the one located alive Jonathan Lora Ramirez.
“The UN-DH calls for coordination between the authorities of the different levels to adopt the necessary measures to ensure the protection of the journalistic union of Nayarit,” the UN agency said in a statement.
In addition, he called for “a prompt, exhaustive, independent and effective investigation to be carried out to fully clarify the facts and punish all those responsible.”
He also said that “it is essential to redouble efforts for the effective search, under the presumption of life, of the person who is still missing.”
The kidnappers would have also taken different work instruments of the journalist
According to the information received by the UN-DH, Sánchez Íñiguez disappeared from his home on the night of July 5, in the municipality of Xalisco, Nayarit. The kidnappers also took various work tools from the journalist.
Sánchez Iñiguez as well as a correspondent for the Mexican newspaper The Conferencealso collaborated with the local digital media Critic Digital News (CDN).
The UN-DH asked the FGE to “consider that the main line of investigation is related to the journalistic work of the victims.”
In 2022, Mexico was listed as the most dangerous “country at peace” for the press, concentrating 20% of the murders of journalists in the world, with 13 cases, according to the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
According to the organization Article 19a total of 157 journalists have been assassinated in Mexico since 2000 in possible connection with their work.
Of this total, 47 murders were registered during the term of the previous president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018), and 37 during the current term of Andrés Manuel López Obradorwho assumed power on December 1, 2018.
