HAVANA TIMES – Mexican authorities must immediately, credibly, and transparently investigate the killing of journalist Roberto Carlos Figueroa, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday.
Figueroa was abducted by gunmen on the morning of April 26 after dropping his daughters off at school in Cuernavaca, about 50 miles south of Mexico City, according to news reports.
Figueroa’s unidentified captors contacted his wife on at least three occasions and demanded a ransom in exchange for his release. His wife handed over an undisclosed sum later that day, but the journalist was found dead that evening inside his vehicle in Coajomulco, north of Morelos’ state capital of Cuernavaca, some 25 miles south of Mexico City.
“With the shocking killing of Roberto Carlos Figueroa, whose abduction occurred in broad daylight, Mexico continues a disturbing pattern of deadly violence against journalists, with a vast majority of cases committed with impunity,” said Jan-Albert Hootsen, CPJ’s Mexico representative. “Mexican authorities must immediately take all appropriate st