At least two journalists were shot in the last two days in Mexico, regional outlets reported.
The evening of Tuesday, July 16, unidentified gunmen fired into the home of César Guzmán, director of the digital outlet Código Rojo Cancún in the state of Quintana Roo. Guzmán was home but was not hit. He had been enrolled in Mexico's Journalist Protection Mechanism for six years and survived an assassination attempt in 2019. According to Infobae, Guzmán said he believed the attack was a response to an interview he published with a hired assassin with connections to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación.
On Wednesday, July 17, journalist Federico Hans was shot in the city of Caborca, state of Sonora. Unidentified individuals shot him in the back, Proceso reported. He was hit by three bullets and is in the hospital in stable condition. Hans is the director of Art. 7mo El Observador, an outlet covering crime in the city and surrounding areas, with 145,000 followers on Facebook.
