Journalist murdered in southern Mexico before Sunday's elections

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

JUNE 30, 2018 / 4:25 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Reuters Staff

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican journalist was murdered in the southern state of Quintana Roo, authorities said on Saturday, in the latest case of a reporter being killed before a presidential election riddled with violence.

Jose Guadalupe Chan Dzib was killed in the village of Saban, in the municipality of Jose Maria Morelos, the state government said in a statement. Local media reported that he was shot dead in a bar around 10 p.m. on Friday.

“We condemn this incident and ask that the state attorney general’s office investigates,” the statement said. “We reiterate our commitment to guaranteeing a peaceful election on Sunday, July 1.”

Voters head to the polls on Sunday, with leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador widely seen as the likely winner. Mexico’s 2018 election has been one of the most violent in modern history, with dozens of politicians killed across the country.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence/journalist-murdered-in-southern-mexico-before-sundays-elections-idUSKBN1JQ0ZT

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[DemoTex]

1. Is this a lesson too late for the learning?

I fear the answer.

[Judi Lynn]

2. The bloodiest election campaign in Mexico's history

The bloodiest election campaign in Mexico’s history
Latest update : 2018-06-30

The election campaign that comes to an end when voters go to the polls on Sunday has been the most violent ever to take place in Mexico, with at least 48 candidates murdered and many others attacked since September 2017.
Being an election candidate in Mexico is “practically tantamount to a death penalty”, Mario Alberto Chavez, a mayoral candidate in the southwest of the country, told AFP.

On June 25, a new victim was added to the already long list of murdered candidates for the general election. Emigdio Lopez Avendano, a candidate to become a local deputy in the southern province of Oaxaca, was ambushed while driving along a country road and killed along with his four passengers.

While the death toll of 48 comes from Mexican security group the Etellekt Institute, the country’s interior ministry puts the figure at 34.

Candidates step down because of violence

It took until June 18 for the ministry to put forward plans to protect presidential candidates – and, so far, only Jose Antonio Meade, the ruling PRI party’s candidate and the protégé of current President Enrique Pena Nieto, has benefitted from this measure.

More:
http://www.france24.com/en/20180630-mexico-history-bloodiest-election-campaign

[LiberalLovinLug]

3. Nothing ramps up the violence from the right than when they see a loss of power coming

They will do anything to stop it. I pray Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is being kept safe.

I 'like' how the MSM call any candidate that is not a corporate or gangster shill a "leftist". They will frame him that by repeating it over and over during his term. No matter how moderate he runs his mandate.

[Judi Lynn]

4. You're so right. They NEVER fail, either. It's downright evil. Doesn't happen for conservatives.

It pounds in the winger propaganda that anything which isn't right-wing is the enemy.

(Enemy only of the fascists.)

[a la izquierda]

5. It's a shit show down there...

Probably going to have to change my research focus. Too much violence and I’m not willing to walk around freaked out every day for months at a time.