MEXICO CITY: A Mexican television journalist has been shot to death in the border city of Ciudad Jurez, across from El Paso, Texas, prosecutors reported Friday.
Prosecutors in Chihuahua state said journalist Arturo Alba Medina was found shot to death on a street late Thursday. They said at least two assailants were involved in the attack and pledged to bring the killers to justice.
The commitment of the state government and the orders from the governor are to use all available resources to solve this situation,” said state Attorney General Csar Peniche Espejel.
Prosecutors said Alba Medina worked as a TV anchor and served as spokesman for a local college, the Instituto Tecnolgico of Ciudad Jurez. Local media said he hosted the Telediario news show on Multimedios Televisin, and had reported on crime and violence.
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the brutal killing and called on authorities to conduct “an immediate and transparent investigation” of the killing.
At least seven journalists have been killed in Mexico so far this year. More than 140 journalists have been killed over the past 20 years.
The newspaper La Verdad de Jurez reported that over the last 20 years, six journalists have been killed in Ciudad Jurez and a total of 23 state-wide during that period.
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