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Journalist Heber López Vásquez murdered in Oaxaca, the fifth murder of a journalist in Mexico in 2022

"Journalism in Mexico is once again in mourning. This Thursday [02/10], journalist Heber López Vásquez, a reporter in the port of Salina Cruz, in the state of Oaxaca, was shot dead in his home, a continuing pattern. López Vásquez, 39, was director of the local page RCP Noticias in Oaxaca, and his death occurred after another colleague, José Ignacio Santiago Martínez, director of Pluma Digital Noticias, was the target of an armed attack from which he escaped unharmed. According to the Oaxaca Attorney General's Office, two people have been detained in the attack so far. López Vásquez was 39 years old and had reported for many years. He had been critical on numerous occasions against power of all kinds. His leaves behind a wife and two children."

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