Here’s the new low: Espinosa was an exiled journalist in Mexico City, long considered a safe haven from the mayhem that’s engulfed Mexico for more than a decade. More than 120,000 people have been killed or disappeared since 2006. Among them dozens of journalists (organizations use different criteria and numbers range from 50 to more than 120), killed, dozens disappeared, hundreds assaulted.
Tag: Ruben Espinosa
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Slaying of Mexican photojournalist Ruben Espinosa a new low | | Dallas Morning News
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Huge Rally Over Killing of Mexican Journalist – The New York Times
Huge Mexico City Rally Over Killing of Journalist (Published 2015)
Ruben Espinosa, who worked for the prominent magazine Proceso, and four other people were found bound and tortured in an apartment in Mexico City.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/world/americas/huge-rally-over-killing-of-mexican-journalist.html
Ruben Espinosa often covered politics in Veracruz, a state in southeast Mexico known to be a hostile place for journalists, and he spoke out against the harassment of fellow journalists.
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After Brutal Murder Of Photojournalist, Mexico City No Longer A Safe Haven For Reporters – Forbes
After Brutal Murder Of Photojournalist, Mexico City No Longer A Safe Haven For Reporters
Photojournalist Ruben Espinosa was murdered on July 31 in Mexico City, which had been considered a safe haven for reporters fleeing from threats in other parts of the country. On August 15, more than 500 international journalists and writers asked Mexico
Four women, among them human rights activist Nadia Vera, were also murdered along with the 31-year-old photojournalist Espinosa in what Francisco Goldman in The New Yorker called “The Colonia Narvarte massacre” after the name of the middle-class neighborhood were they were killed, execution-style.
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Suspect Arrested in Murder of Photojournalist Ruben Espinosa
Suspect Arrested in Murder of Photojournalist Ruben Espinosa | PDNPulse
Mexican authorities recently announced the arrest of a known criminal for the execution-style murder of photojournalist Ruben Espinosa and four others, according to reports by The Guardian and Al Jazeera. The killings occurred July 31 in a Mexico City apa
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/08/suspect-arrested-in-murder-of-photojournalist-ruben-espinosa.html
Meanwhile, authorities are still searching for two other suspects seen on a surveillance video, leaving the apartment building around the time of the murders. Prosecutors say the three men shown in the video left the scene in a car that belonged to one of the female victims, according to the press reports.
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Thousands Rally in Mexico City to Protest the Murder of a Photojournalist
Thousands Rally in Mexico City to Protest the Murder of a Photojournalist
Several thousand people attended a rally in Mexico City yesterday to denounce the killing of a Mexican photojournalist over the weekend. The bound and
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/08/03/thousands-rally-in-mexico-city-to-protest-the-murder-of-a-photojournalist/
Espinosa, a photographer for the magazine Proceso, fled the state of Veracruz to Mexico City last month, saying that he felt threatened while covering the world of politics. In interviews, he claimed that people were following him, taking photos of him, and harassing him.
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Mexican Photojournalist Murdered in Mexico City, after Fleeing Threats in Veracruz
Mexican Photojournalist Murdered in Mexico City, after Fleeing Threats in Veracruz | PDNPulse
Ruben Espinosa, a photographer who had covered social protests in the Mexican province of Veracruz for the newspaper Proceso, Agencia Cuartoscuro and other news outlets, was found shot dead in Mexico City on July 31, according to CNN, AP, The Guardian and
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/08/mexican-photojournalist-murdered-in-mexico-city-after-fleeing-threats-in-veracruz.html
Espinosa had decided to leave Veracruz in early June when he noticed his house was being watched and he had been followed, he told the website SinEmbargo, which is devoted to freedom of the press. Espinosa had covered the murders of journalists in Veracruz in recent years, and advocated for the administration of Governor Javier Duarte to investigate the killings. He also complained that members of the local media were taking bribes.
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Mexican photojournalist Ruben Espinosa among five found dead in capital | World news | The Guardian
Mexican photojournalist Rubén Espinosa found dead in capital
Espinosa, who worked for the investigative magazine Proceso, found dead in an apartment with four other people after fleeing his home state of Veracruz
via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/02/mexican-photojournalist-ruben-espinosa-found-dead-in-capital
Espinosa, who worked for the investigative magazine Proceso, found dead in an apartment with four other people after fleeing his home state of Veracruz