Violence Against Journalists in Mexico Has Reached Record-Setting Levels Christopher Woody - Business Insider
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A journalist holds a sticker that reads "No more blood" during a protest against the murder of Regina Martinez, journalist and correspondent for Mexican magazine Proceso, outside the Government of Veracruz building in Mexico City (Reuters/Edgard Garrido)

On Friday, Mexican photojournalist Juan Carlos Landa was found dead in central Veracruz, a state on Mexico’s Gulf coast. Officials in Veracruz offered few details about the death of Landa, who was abducted outside his home in Córdoba on November 10.

But the photojournalist’s killing comes less than three months after the slaying of fellow photojournalist Rubén Espinosa — who had fled Veracruz state for Mexico City just weeks before he was killed.

The killing of Espinosa, along with his roommates, stoked popular anger in Mexico, not only because the capital city was long considered a safe haven for journalists fleeing threats, but also because Espinosa’s killing made the first nine months of 2015 more deadly for journalists in the country than all of 2014.

In fact, by the end of September this year, 2015 had already become the most deadly year for journalists in Mexico since current President Enrique Peña Nieto took office in late 2012.

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