![]() ![]() I did not know him we did not know about each other, but something connected us: journalism and the risks intrinsic in practicing it in a country like Mexico, as is also the case with any other profession, because if I am sure of something it is that no one there is safe from being victim of some crime. He was reporting on violence and other crimes for the Diario de Acayucan, but that same day he became the subject of the news report on violence news that caused many of us pain. On that same day Candido Rios was assassinated in the town of Covarrubias, in Veracruz, one of the most hostile states in Mexico in which to practice our profession. I experienced a mixture of feelings on the day that the Peter Mackler Prize for ethical and courageous journalism was announced. I stress that liberty is necessary to journalism because I have the good fortune of practicing journalism even though, in Mexico, choosing to do so comes with warnings and requires weighty reflection. I would also like to thank Grupo Reforma and Red de Periodistas de a Pie for allowing me to collaborate with them without restrictions. I also thank Noroeste, for being the family that has nourished and protected me these last years and the means that have allowed me to grow and continue to write and investigate freely. I would like to begin by thanking God, Sylvia, my wife, the Mackler family, Global Media Forum Training Group, Agence France-Presse, and Reporters Without Borders, for choosing me as the Journalist deserving this prize. Credit: Jose Galvez/Double R Productionsīeing here is an honor, one that is only made greater when I see that here in front of me are people who are important to journalism throughout the world. Julian Hernandez, a spokesman for the Honduran police, said: "We are seeking more information about this crime in Mexico to determine if it is related to the murder of Igor Padilla and to see if any criminal gangs from Honduras were involved." Veracruz, where more journalists have been murdered than the rest of Mexico, is now the deadliest region for the media in the Western hemisphere, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in May.During his acceptance speech, Marcos Vizcarra presented a poster showing the pictures of the eleven journalists killed in Mexico this year. ![]() Rivera Paz fled to Mexico after Padilla's death, fearing that he might also be killed, a Honduran journalist who asked not to be identified told Reuters. He fled Honduras after armed assailants shot and killed Igor Padilla, the program's director and producer, in the violent city of San Pedro Sula in mid-January. ![]() Rivera Paz was a cameraman for the Honduran television program "Los Verduleros" (The Grocers). The body of Edwin Rivera Paz was found in the city of Acayucan on Sunday with gunshot wounds and was then identified by a family member, the attorney general's office said in a statement. MEXICO CITY/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The attorney general's office of the Mexican gulf state of Veracruz said on Monday it has opened an investigation into the shooting death of a Honduran photojournalist, who had apparently fled his home country fearing for his life. ![]()
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