Another journalist was attacked Wednesday in Mexico, where three have been killed so far this month. The human rights office of the southern state of Oaxaca confirmed that armed assailants opened fire on a car carrying Jose Ignacio Santiago.
People hold candles during a protest against the murder of journalist Lourdes Maldonado and freelance photojournalist Margarito Martinez, which occurred in Tijuana within the span of a week, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Demonstrations were held in more than a dozen cities across Mexico to protest the killings of three journalists in the last two weeks. The third slain journalist is Jose Luis Gamboa.
The attack comes one day after press groups held more than a dozen demonstrations throughout Mexico Tuesday to protest the killings of three journalists since the start of the year. “I don't think I have any problems in that area, but they may not have liked seeing news media in the area,” said Santiago. “It is a Triqui area.”