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Mexican media worker Saúl Tijerina killed in Ciudad Acuña

  • Source: CPJ
  • July 1, 2021

"Mexican authorities must undertake a swift and transparent investigation into the killing of media worker Saúl Tijerina Rentería, and determine whether he was targeted for his work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Tijerina’s family lost contact with him early in the morning of June 22, and his body was found near his vehicle in Ciudad Acuña, in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, later that morning with multiple stab wounds, according to news reports.

Coahuila authorities announced the arrest of two suspects in the killing later that day."

 

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