Juan Carlos Muñiz | |
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Born | c. 1984 |
Died | (aged 37) |
Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
Occupation | Journalist |
Organization | Testigo Minero |
Juan Carlos Muñiz ( c. 1984 – 4 March 2022) was a Mexican journalist who covered crimes for the website Testigo Minero. He was the seventh journalist to be murdered in Mexico in 2022. [1] [2]
Muñiz studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Fresnillo. He was a crime writer and Muñiz was shot and killed while riding home from work in a taxi for reporting on a recent crime in the city of Fresnillo. His death shocked the state of Zacatecas, and mobilized people to protest his death. [3] [4]
The killing of Juan Carlos Muñiz [5] was condemned by the Director-General of the UNESCO Audrey Azoulay in a press-release published on 14 March 2022. [6] According to global monitoring on the safety of journalists by the Observatory of Killed journalist, Muñiz is the 6th media professional killed in Ukraine in 2022. [7]
Juan Carlos Muñiz | |
---|---|
Born | c. 1984 |
Died | (aged 37) |
Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
Occupation | Journalist |
Organization | Testigo Minero |
Juan Carlos Muñiz ( c. 1984 – 4 March 2022) was a Mexican journalist who covered crimes for the website Testigo Minero. He was the seventh journalist to be murdered in Mexico in 2022. [1] [2]
Muñiz studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Fresnillo. He was a crime writer and Muñiz was shot and killed while riding home from work in a taxi for reporting on a recent crime in the city of Fresnillo. His death shocked the state of Zacatecas, and mobilized people to protest his death. [3] [4]
The killing of Juan Carlos Muñiz [5] was condemned by the Director-General of the UNESCO Audrey Azoulay in a press-release published on 14 March 2022. [6] According to global monitoring on the safety of journalists by the Observatory of Killed journalist, Muñiz is the 6th media professional killed in Ukraine in 2022. [7]