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Mexico City, Jan 18 (EFE) .- The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) of Mexico condemned this Tuesday the murder, on January 17, of the Mexican photojournalist Margarito Martínez, who worked for various media in the border city of Tijuana, in the northern state of Baja California.
“The CNDH repudiates the murder of photojournalist Alfonso Margarito Martínez Esquivel and calls on the competent authorities so that, within the framework of their powers, they carry out the pertinent investigations until they find the persons responsible,” the institution said in a statement. .
Martínez, with 20 years of experience in the field, was next to a vehicle outside his home when a person shot him several times and then fled. Red Cross paramedics found him dead.
He worked as a photojournalist for portals such as Semanario Zeta, Cadena Noticias, Pulso Ciudadano, La Jornada Baja California and Punto Norte, among others.
He was known as “the 4-4” and had entered the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists following a man in a video – a reporter also according to local media – accused him of managing pages that exposed criminals.
The CNDH considered that “the administration of justice to the last consequences, the investigation of the crimes committed once morest the journalistic union and the sanction once morest its aggressors” are essential actions to reduce the insecurity and violence experienced by journalists.
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