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August 24, 2017

Mexican Journalist Candido Rios Vazquez Murdered in Veracruz
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In Mexico, journalist Candido Rios Vazquez of the newspaper Diario de
Acayucan has been murdered in the state of Veracruz. The longtime crime
reporter had for years received death threats from a former local mayor,
Gaspar Gomez Jimenez, because of Rios' reporting on corruption and the
mayor's alleged connection to the disappearance of a local clerk. His
wife says hired men had beaten him up in his home, and had threatened to
cut out his tongue. This is his wife, Hilda Martinez.

Candido Rios Vazquez: "I ask that justice is done and that they do a
thorough investigation to see if it was personal or what. Since Gaspar
Gomez Jimenez always threatened him with death, I'm not too sure. I also
want security for myself, so they don't do the same thing to me."

Candido Rios Vazquez was shot to death on Tuesday, despite being
enrolled in a government program aimed at protecting the lives of
journalists. He is at least the ninth journalist killed in Mexico so far
this year.


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