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IAPA condemns the murders of Mexican journalist Jorge Camero and Haitian photojournalist Maxihen Lazarre

"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned the murders of two journalists in recent hours, one in Mexico and the other in Haiti. The organization lamented the failure of governments to adopt more efficient measures to protect journalists and urged the international community to continue denouncing the violence and impunity affecting journalists in Latin America.

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On the night of February 24, journalist Jorge Camero, director of the portal El Informativo, was murdered in the city of Empalme, in the Mexican state of Sonora. Camero, known as "el Choche," was attacked by gunmen who shot him at least three times in a gym where he used to train.[...] On February 23, photojournalist Maxihen Lazarre covered a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, by textile workers demanding better wages when police in a vehicle fired at the demonstrators, according to witnesses. Also injured were journalists Yves Moïse, from Radio RCH 2000, and Sony Laurore, from Laurore News TV".

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