TV reporter shot dead in Cancun, Mexico

A TV journalist has been been killed within the motel metropolis of Cancun, Mexico. Reporter Javier Enrique Rodriguez became shot on Wednesday, his enterprise said, the second journalist to satisfy a violent loss of life within the famous visitor spot this 12 months.

Mr Valladares labored as a cameraman and reporter for Canal 10. The station said his family had confirmed his loss of life.

According to news reviews in Cancun, the reporter changed into shot while taking walks with another guy in the central part of the town.

Local officers have not launched any information approximately the case.

In July, Ruben Pat, the editor-in-chief of the Playa News weekly, was shot useless outdoor a bar in Playa del Carmen.

Mexico is a country notoriously dangerous for the media. Last 12 months, eleven journalist were killed in Mexico.

According to diverse freedom of speech businesses, greater than 100 journalist had been killed in Mexico for the reason that 2000. The widespread majority of those crimes have long past unpunished.

The information of Mr Valladares’ loss of life comes a week after Mexican officers determined 8 bodies in the streets of Cancun last week.

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade advises tourists exercise a high diploma of caution whilst in Mexico due to the us of a’s high tiers of violent crime and drug-associated violence.