IAPA condemns murder of journalist Mauricio Cruz in Michoacán

IAPA condemns murder of journalist Mauricio Cruz in Michoacán
IAPA condemns murder of journalist Mauricio Cruz in Michoacán

The Inter-American Press Society (IAPA) condemned the shooting murder of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís in Michoacánand urged the new Government of the President, Claudia Sheinbaumtake measures so that this and other crimes against journalists do not go unpunished.

Cruz Solis25 years old and director of the information portal ‘Minuto x Minuto’ was murdered on Tuesday night Uruapan, Michoacan.

The crime occurred minutes after he conducted a live interview with the Mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, about the fire in 66 stores in the Tariacuri market, which occurred on Saturday due to unknown causes.

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The journalist, who also hosted the news Informational Linkfrom the station Radio frameand was a newspaper reporter ABC and La Opinionboth of Michoacan, He was intercepted and attacked with bullets, according to witnesses cited in the local press.

He president of the IAPA, José Roberto Dutrizregretted that a new murder “taints journalistic activity in ” and requested “state authorities and the new federal government to conduct an exhaustive investigation to determine the motive, identify and prosecute the accused.”

Yes ok Cruz Solis had not reported threats against him, the NiUnoMás collective from Michoacána local organization defender of journalists’ rightsassured that the journalist’s phone was leaked in WhatsApp groups, which generated hate messages on their social networks.

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«In addition to the direct risks that many journalists face during the exercise of their work, the violence is enhanced due to the ineffectiveness of government protection mechanisms, the lack of personal security measures and, above all, the impunity of these crimes“he denounced Carlos Jornet, president of the IAPA Committee on Freedom, Press and Information.

The IAPA directors referred to the State’s responsibility to investigate and punish the violence against journalists and media, as established by international instruments such as the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression, of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Chapultepec Declaration of the IAPA.

The murder of Cruz Solis It is the fourth registered this year in Mexico. It adds to those of the journalists Alejandro Martínez Noguezon August 4, in Guanajuato; Victor Alfonso Culebro Moraleson June 28, in Chiapasy Roberto Carlos Figueroa Bustos, on April 26, in Morelos. EFE

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