Mexican journalist found slain with signs of torture

[Judi Lynn]

Mexican journalist found slain with signs of torture
August 2, 2015, 4:04 PM

MEXICO CITY - A photojournalist who was found slain in Mexico City after he fled harassment in his home state appears to have been tortured before he was shot to death, the head of a free press advocacy group said Sunday.

Ruben Espinosa sustained severe injuries to his face before he was killed, said Dario Ramirez, director of the Article 19 group.

Espinosa was found dead late Friday in an apartment in Mexico City. Three women who lived in the apartment and their housekeeper also were killed. They, too, appeared to have been tortured and sexually assaulted before being shot, Ramirez said.

Espinosa worked for the investigative magazine, Proceso, and other media. He had fled to the capital in June after being harassed in his home state of Veracruz.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-journalist-ruben-espinosa-found-slain-signs-of-torture/

[Judi Lynn]

1. Mexican photojournalist among 5 killed

Mexican photojournalist among 5 killed

Ruben Espinosa's employer, Proceso, reports photographer had been shot twice

UPDATED 12:41 PM HST Aug 02, 2015

By Mariano Castillo CNN

(CNN) —A Mexican photojournalist who left the state he worked in because of threats was among five people found shot to death in a Mexico City apartment this weekend, officials and press freedom advocacy groups said.
Ruben Espinosa was a photographer for a number of outlets, including the leading newsweekly Proceso and Agencia Cuartoscuro.

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In the last interview he recorded, with the outlet RompeViento, he said simply, "I had to leave because of acts of intimidation."

"I had to leave because it was not a direct threat, but I got the message. It was just recently when students were attacked and brutally beaten with machetes. In these situations, we can't do less with any type of aggression or intimidation because we don't know what might happen. Veracruz is a lawless state," Espinosa told the outlet.

According to Proceso, Espinosa had faced close calls in the past. In 2013, uniformed state police beat him during a clash between protesting teachers and authorities in Veracruz.

http://www.kitv.com/national/mexican-photojournalist-among-5-killed/34496118

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[Judi Lynn]

2. Advocates fear more impunity in Mexico photographer killing

Aug 3, 12:13 AM EDT

Advocates fear more impunity in Mexico photographer killing

By KATHERINE CORCORAN and ALBERTO ARCE
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- With an investigation barely underway, Mexican journalist protection groups are already expressing fears that authorities won't consider the brutal killing of a photojournalist as being related to his work - even though he fled the state he covered fearing for his safety.

Mexico City officials said Sunday they are pursuing all lines of investigation in the death of Ruben Espinosa, whose tortured body was found along with four slain women in an apartment in Mexico's capital. Prosecutor Rodolfo Rios Garza said authorities were following protocols for crimes against journalists and crimes against women, as well as looking at robbery as a possible motive in the case.

But when dealing with journalists' killings, authorities in Mexico historically have been quick to discard their work as a motive, even though the country is the most dangerous in Latin America for reporters. Some 90 percent of journalist murders in Mexico since 1992 have gone unpunished, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

"What's particularly pernicious is that violence against the press is violence against society," said Dario Ramirez, director of the Article 19 free press advocacy group. "There are many places in the country where silence paves the road so that organized crime, corruption, everything that destroys a society can continue in a manner without ... setbacks or obstacles."

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[Judi Lynn]

3. Two Women Indentified in Mexico's Multiple Murder Case

Two Women Indentified in Mexico's Multiple Murder Case
Published 2 August 2015

Local press and social media users in Mexico have identified two of the women that were killed along with a photojournalist, in a case that has drawn world attention.


Two of the four women that were killed last Friday along with the photojournalist Ruben Espinosa, in Mexico City, have been identified by the local press as Yesenia Quiroz and Nadia Vera.

Quiroz was a young student with aspirations and great potential, says Carlos Torres in a tweet that has gone viral on social media. Local media and social media have also identified another victim as Nadia Vera, an activist from Xalapa, the capital of the gulf state of Veracruz. She was visiting Espinoza in Mexico City.

“Yesenia Quiroz alleged victim found along with photojournalist.”

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http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Two-Women-Indentified-in-Mexicos-Multiple-Murder-Case--20150802-0021.html