Mexican reporter Gustavo Snchez shot and killed in Oaxaca
June 22, 2021 5:55 PM EDT
Mexico City, June 22, 2021 – Mexican authorities should conduct a swift, thorough, and transparent investigation into the killing of journalist Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
At about 8 a.m. on June 17, two unidentified people driving a car near the town of Morro Mazatán, in the southern state of Oaxaca, crashed into Sánchez while he was traveling on a motorcycle with his 15-year-old son, according to news reports and a report by the municipal police in Tehuantepec, who are investigating the case, which CPJ reviewed.
Sánchez and his son fell from the motorcycle, and the men then exited their car and shot and killed Sánchez, according to those sources. The police report stated that at least 15 9-millimeter bullet casings were found at the scene of the crime, and the news website Animal Político stated that the journalist received at least one gunshot to the head.
His son sustained mild injuries in the fall from the motorcycle but was not shot, according to those reports.
Sánchez, a reporter for the Panorama Pacífico Facebook-based news outlet in the Oaxacan coastal city of Huatulco, was enrolled in a federal protection program after surviving an attempt on his life last year, according to those reports.
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Google translation from a local journal:
They assassinate journalist Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera in Oaxaca; survived an attack in 2020
The communicator was shot to death when he was intercepted by armed subjects traveling on a motorcycle, reported the State Attorney General's Office.
The communicator had already survived an attack in June 2020. (FGJEO / Special)
Alfonso Cruz
June 17, 2021 | 16:11 hrs
OAXACA.- Reporter Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera was shot to death while riding on a motorcycle with another person, resulting in minor injuries, the State Attorney General's Office (FGJEO) reported on Thursday .
According to a report, the events took place on Thursday morning when the victim was traveling aboard a motorcycle on a road that connects the towns of San Vicente and Morro Mazatán, on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec .
The communicator and his companion were intercepted by armed subjects traveling in another motor unit that paired up to shoot them; the driver lost control of the motorcycle and they fell into a hollow.
As a result of the attack, the victim lost his life, while his companion only suffered injuries from the fall.
It was reported that the reporter had already survived an attack in June 2020 , when armed individuals entered his home and shot him with the intention of depriving him of his existence.
Even Sanchez Cabrera had reported on some occasions death threats through social networks.
The attorney general of Oaxaca, Arturo Peimbert Calvo, reported that a criminal file was initiated on the facts to determine the identity of the person or persons responsible for the attack.
https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/estados/2021/06/17/asesinan-al-periodista-gustavo-sanchez-cabrera-en-oaxaca-sobrevivio-a-un-ataque-en-2020/
Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera
Rest in Peace
