Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalists in 2019

The 28-year-old journalist known as Ñaca Ñaca ran a Facebook news site called Ocurrió Aqui (Happened here) that reported on local stories from Playa Del Carmen and Quintana Roo, which remains a popular tourist location despite a recent rise in reported violence. According to news agency Quintana Roo Hoy, the journalist covered topics such as crime and violence in the city, and one of his most recent stories covered a shootout linked to extortion at local Cervecería Chapultepec where one person died and 11 were injured. “This brutal murder of Francisco Romero Díaz is a direct consequence of the unabating violence in Quintana Roo and Playa del Carmen, a state and city popular with tourists, but lethal for journalists,” said Jan-Albert Hootsen, CPJ’s Mexico representative in an alert released by the organization.

Source: latinamericareports.com