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Body of Abducted Mexican Journalist Is Found Body of Abducted Mexican Journalist Is Found
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MEXICO CITY — The body of a photographer was found Friday in the northern state of San Luis Potosí, a day after he was abducted from his home by men dressed as police officers, Mexican officials said.MEXICO CITY — The body of a photographer was found Friday in the northern state of San Luis Potosí, a day after he was abducted from his home by men dressed as police officers, Mexican officials said.
The photographer, Edgar Daniel Esqueda Castro, is the fifth journalist to be killed in Mexico this year in retaliation for their reporting, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York.The photographer, Edgar Daniel Esqueda Castro, is the fifth journalist to be killed in Mexico this year in retaliation for their reporting, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York.
Another journalist, Salvador Adame Pardo, was abducted from his home in the Mexican state of Michoacán in May; although the authorities say that his burned body was found, his family believes that he is still missing.
According to Mr. Esqueda’s wife, armed men broke into the couple’s house while they were sleeping and said they were government agents. “They grabbed Edgar by the neck and threw him to the ground while pointing a gun at me,” she told Reporters Without Borders, a press freedom group.According to Mr. Esqueda’s wife, armed men broke into the couple’s house while they were sleeping and said they were government agents. “They grabbed Edgar by the neck and threw him to the ground while pointing a gun at me,” she told Reporters Without Borders, a press freedom group.
Mr. Esqueda’s body was found at 9 a.m. on Friday, dumped in an open area near the airport, the San Luis Potosí State prosecutor said in a statement. Mr. Esqueda had been tied up and tortured, according to Metrópoli San Luis, one of two online newspapers to which he contributed.Mr. Esqueda’s body was found at 9 a.m. on Friday, dumped in an open area near the airport, the San Luis Potosí State prosecutor said in a statement. Mr. Esqueda had been tied up and tortured, according to Metrópoli San Luis, one of two online newspapers to which he contributed.
The state prosecutor’s office denied on Thursday that any of its agents were involved in Mr. Esqueda’s abduction.The state prosecutor’s office denied on Thursday that any of its agents were involved in Mr. Esqueda’s abduction.
Mr. Esqueda, who covered crime and social issues, had reported receiving threats from the police in the past, according to a statement released Friday by the federal government’s protection office for journalists.Mr. Esqueda, who covered crime and social issues, had reported receiving threats from the police in the past, according to a statement released Friday by the federal government’s protection office for journalists.
In July, Mr. Esqueda, 23, was taking photographs after a shootout when five state police officers threatened him, forced him to delete his pictures and expelled him from the scene.In July, Mr. Esqueda, 23, was taking photographs after a shootout when five state police officers threatened him, forced him to delete his pictures and expelled him from the scene.
Nine days later, at another event, the police asked him for identification and photographed his credentials, telling him that they were watching his house because he might be passing on information “to the bad guys.”Nine days later, at another event, the police asked him for identification and photographed his credentials, telling him that they were watching his house because he might be passing on information “to the bad guys.”
Mr. Esqueda filed a complaint with the state human rights commission, which passed on the information to the federal protection office. Officials with the office, part of Mexico’s powerful Interior Ministry, approached Mr. Esqueda, who told them that he had filed a criminal complaint and that he had received no further threats.Mr. Esqueda filed a complaint with the state human rights commission, which passed on the information to the federal protection office. Officials with the office, part of Mexico’s powerful Interior Ministry, approached Mr. Esqueda, who told them that he had filed a criminal complaint and that he had received no further threats.
The state human rights commission then apparently passed Mr. Esqueda’s complaint back to the same police agency that had first threatened him, according to the federal statement.The state human rights commission then apparently passed Mr. Esqueda’s complaint back to the same police agency that had first threatened him, according to the federal statement.
In a tribute on the website Vox Populi, to which Mr. Esqueda also contributed, a colleague, Héctor M. Guevara, described how the young photographer had rushed to Mexico City to help after the Sept. 19 earthquake there.In a tribute on the website Vox Populi, to which Mr. Esqueda also contributed, a colleague, Héctor M. Guevara, described how the young photographer had rushed to Mexico City to help after the Sept. 19 earthquake there.
Mr. Guevara said he last saw Mr. Esqueda outside a collapsed building wearing a hard hat and carrying his paramedic’s equipment, waiting to be called to help search for people buried under the rubble.Mr. Guevara said he last saw Mr. Esqueda outside a collapsed building wearing a hard hat and carrying his paramedic’s equipment, waiting to be called to help search for people buried under the rubble.
On Friday, local journalists met with the governor of San Luis Potosí, Juan Manuel Carreras, who promised to improve protection for reporters in the state.On Friday, local journalists met with the governor of San Luis Potosí, Juan Manuel Carreras, who promised to improve protection for reporters in the state.