TOLUCA, Mexico, Aug 25, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The head of a Mexican news
website was found stabbed to death in the center of the country, authorities
said Saturday, the 10th such killing this year.
The body of Nevith Condes Jaramillo “was found Saturday morning… showing
injuries from a sharp object,” the state prosecutor said in a statement.
An investigation has been opened to determine what happened.
Condes Jaramillo, 42, was the head of a local news site in Tejupilco and
was also an announcer on a community radio station.
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that, according to the
journalist’s relatives, Condes Jaramillo had received threats in June and
November of last year, and had sought federal protective measures as a
result.
But relatives said he refused to follow through on the protection process
due to the bureaucratic procedures involved, according to RSF.
RSF, which regularly ranks Mexico alongside war-torn Syria and Afghanistan
as the world’s most dangerous countries for news media, said nine journalists
had previously been killed in Mexico this year.
Since 2000, around 100 reporters have been killed in Mexico. Violence
linked to drug trafficking and political corruption is rampant, and many
murders go unpunished.