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Mexican journalist Luis Ángel López is second killed in Vera…
Mexican journalist Luis Ángel López is second killed in Veracruz
Summary
Documented killing of journalist in pattern of violence against press represents state failure to protect freedom of information and pattern of censorship through lethal intimidation.
Mexico City, June 12, 2026—Mexican authorities must immediately and credibly investigate the killing of journalist Luis Ángel López and determine the motive, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. López was shot and killed around 1 a.m. on June 11, 2026, in Poza Rica, a city in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, according to...
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