Mexico. Shooting attack on murdered journalist's daughter in Veracruz state
May 26, 2020
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Mexican authorities to reinforce the protection being provided to María Fernanda de Luna Ferral, a recently murdered journalists daughter who was herself the target of a shooting attack on 23 May despite having an armed escort at the time.
De Luna Ferrals car came under fire from gunmen in another vehicle shortly before 11 a.m. in the small town of Gutiérrez Zamora, in the north of the state of Veracruz, as she was on her way to the state capital, Xalapa. She survived thanks to the bodyguards provided by the state of Veracruz, who fired back, repelling the attackers.
A law student, De Luna Ferral decided to take over the running of Quinto Poder de Veracruz, the news website founded by her mother, María Elena Ferral Hernández, shortly after her mothers murder on 30 March. She has been receiving protection and living in a supervised residence in Xalapa since the start of April.
A few hours after the 23 May shooting, De Luna Ferral posted an open letter on the website to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Veracruz governor Cuitláhuac García Jiménez in which she wrote: Thank God that an angel watches over me and that my bodyguards and I survived this attack. She reiterated her call for her mothers killers to be brought to justice because I am very afraid for my and my familys lives.
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