(1/3)A general view of a Forensic Medical Service vehicle behind a barricade at a crime scene, following the death of Mexican journalist Nelson Matus, in Acapulco, Mexico, on July 15, 2023 in this handout image. La Plaza Diario/Raul Sendic García Estrada/Handout via REUTERS
MEXICO CITY, Jul 15 (Reuters) – Mexican journalist Nelson Matus was killed on Saturday in the coastal city of Acapulco, in the southwestern state of Guerrero, local media reported.
The director of the local news site Lo Real de Guerrero, Matus, was shot in his car in the parking lot of a store, the Mexican newspaper El Universal reported.
The attack occurred after 3:00 p.m. in the Emiliano Zapata neighborhood, north of Acapulco, reported the Mexican newspaper Reforma.
Reforma added that Matus had survived two assassination attempts in 2017 and 2019, citing local media.
Matus’s death occurs a week after the body of Luis Martin Sanchezjournalist for the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, was found after disappearing in the state of Nayarit.
The Guerrero state attorney general’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In Mexico, investigating corruption, crime, and drug cartels often carries high risk. The country was the deadliest in the world last year for journalists, according to the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders.
Reporting by Brendan O’Boyle
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