Journalist killed in Mexico, marking third media murder this year in the country
- A Mexican journalist named Kristian Uriel Zavala was killed in an armed attack in Silao, Guanajuato, alongside another man, as reported by the Secretariat of Citizen Security on March 2, 2025.
- Zavala had requested state protection in 2021 due to threats, highlighting the dangers for journalists in Mexico according to Mexican media.
- This incident marks the third killing of a journalist in Mexico in 2025, with earlier killings of Cayetano de Jesús Guerrero and Alejandro Gallegos León reported in January.
- The Committee to Protect Journalists stated that Zavala's murder highlights Mexico's status as the deadliest country for the press in the Western Hemisphere.
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Mexican journalist Kristian Zavala killed after seeking state protection - Committee to Protect Journalists
Mexico City, March 5, 2025—Authorities must credibly investigate the March 2 shooting ofjournalist Kristian Zavala, who is the third press member to be killed in Mexico this year, despite his 2021 request for federal protection, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Zavala, founder and editor of the Facebook-based news outlet El Silaoense MX, and another man were shot by two unknown assailants on a motorcycle while driving along a…
In the face of the recent murders of human rights defender Cristino Castro Perea in Oaxaca and journalist Kristian Uriel Martínez in Guanajuato, despite the fact that both had security measures, a dozen civil organizations urged the authorities to urgently strengthen the Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists.
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Mexico City: Mexican authorities were investigating the killing of a local reporter Monday in the central state of Guanajuato, the country’s homicide leader.The state prosecutor’s office identified the victim only by his first name, but local media outlets said the victim was Kri
Kristian Uriel Zavala lived in the most dangerous state of Mexico and reported on politics, citizen complaints and crimes. Already in 2021 he received massive threats.
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