{"id":68006,"date":"2026-09-03T19:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=68006"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:19:02","slug":"mexico-media-murders-2026-the-worst-year-08-killed-for-their-press-work-including-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/mexico-media-murders-2026-the-worst-year-08-killed-for-their-press-work-including-a-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"MEXICO MEDIA MURDERS | 2026 The Worst Year | 08 Killed for their Press Work including a Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Press Freedom Monitoring Desk Islamabad<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ricardo Z\u00fa\u00f1iga Rosas, a 35-year-old photographer and local journalist, was killed on 29 August in the municipality of Tehuitzingo, in the state of Puebla, after publicly reporting threats linked to his reporting. He is the second journalist to be murdered in Puebla in less than two months. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the murder, calls for a thorough investigation and urges President Claudia Sheinbaum and the federal authorities to activate the nationwide emergency response to violence against journalists demanded by RSF on 26 August.<\/p>\n

Ricardo Z\u00fa\u00f1iga Rosas was shot dead on 29 August in the small rural community of Santa Cruz Atopoltitl\u00e1n, in the municipality of Tehuitzingo, Puebla. He is the eighth reporter in Mexico to be killed due to their work in 2026 \u2014 an average of one dead journalist per month.<\/p>\n

According to press reports such as El Universal or La Jornada, two men on a motorbike arrived at Productos Zuma, Z\u00fa\u00f1iga\u2019s cleaning-products store, where the media worker was present, entered the premises and shot him, who was taken to Tehuitzingo Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

The local journalist primarily used his Facebook page, which had around 13,000 followers, to publish photographs and videos, and livestream citizen complaints and reports on matters of public interest in Tehuitzingo and other municipalities in the region. He also published content through his YouTube channel, Richie TV, covering local public works, the management of public funds and other matters of public interest in the region.<\/p>\n

On 9 May, Ricardo Z\u00fa\u00f1iga Rosas reported publicly on his Facebook page that he had received a phone call on 3 April from an unidentified person who demanded that he stop questioning the municipal administration about the management of the local rubbish dump, the use of public funds, municipal works and other local political issues. According to his Facebook post, the caller warned him that there would be consequences for him if he continued reporting on these issues.<\/p>\n

A police investigation into the murder is already underway. The government of the state of Puebla has publicly condemned the murder and called on the Attorney General\u2019s Office (FGE) of Puebla state to determine whether Z\u00fa\u00f1iga\u2019s reporting activities were the motive for the crime.<\/p>\n

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