Alleged Killer of Mexican Journalist Anabel Flores Arrested in Veracruz Anna Yukhananov and Jean Luis Arce - Reuters
go to original February 14, 2016

A view of images of murdered journalists during a demonstration against the murder of journalist Anabel Flores outside the Government of Veracruz building in Mexico City. (Reuters/Edgard Garrido)

The presumed mastermind behind the murder of a Mexican journalist was arrested in the eastern state of Veracruz on Saturday, the state's governor said, as Mexico struggles with a wave of attacks on reporters.

Anabel Flores, who covered the police force for regional media outlets, was violently dragged from her home in Veracruz by a group of armed men last week and found dead on a highway.

"Josele Marquez (alias) El Chichi is implicated, among other crimes, as (the one responsible) for the assassination of journalist Anabel Flores," Governor Javier Duarte wrote on his verified Twitter account in announcing the arrest.

"The attack on the media outlet El Buen Tono is also attributed to (Marquez)," Duarte wrote, referring to last year's attack presumably aimed at journalists from that newspaper.

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