Mexican Photojournalist Murdered in Mexico City, after Fleeing Threats in Veracruz

By Holly Hughes

Ruben Espinosa, a photographer who had covered social protests in the Mexican province of Veracruz for the newspaper Proceso, Agencia Cuartoscuro and other news outlets, was found shot dead in Mexico City on July 31, according to CNN, AP, The Guardian and other news outlets. His body was found in an apartment along with the bodies of four other individuals, all shot to death, according to the local prosecutor.

Espinosa had decided to leave Veracruz in early June when he noticed his house was being watched and he had been followed, he told the <a target=_blank href="http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-city-safety-death-20150802-story.html" …read more

Via: PDN Pulse