Per the Reuters article linked in this one[1], the outlet he worked at "had been receiving threats, which it reported to local authorities, as a result of its sustained reporting on corruption in local government."

[1]: https://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-violence/mexican-medi...

Oh man, reporting to _local authorities_ on _local authorities_ corruption, what do you do?

Great idea on surfacing reports that was worked on of killed journalists.

I know movies and books make many reporter's into these individuals going at things alone; Cavalier and protected by brawn or a history.

I agree with the parent comment. It just worries me because, how many sources, scared insiders have also been taken out? What is the full homicide rate for 2022 in Mexico? Not just the 'reporters?' If research breaks and it's not sound enough, what are the addition casualties?

What tremendous courage reporters such as these must have to do their work.

Yeah, that was the same PR statement my quote was from. "Somewhere in Michoacan there's corruption" isn't very specific.

Perhaps they simply don't dare to be more specific ...

It's possible, and I wouldn't blame them if that's their reason. My issue with that is that they then didn't take the death threats seriously, and still put some tacit blame on the local administration.

So they willingly risked their employees lives, and after someone got killed they protect their own neck but still sort of hint their employees will continue the actions.

U.S. journalists don’t have the courage to do journalism anymore. They wouldn’t dare go against the grain, let alone be specific on corruption.

Mexican journalists should migrate, and report on both U.S. and Mexican government corruption without the threat of overt assassination.

This is a ridiculous comment thread, the linked article is what 150 words? Why the fuss about the level of detail? That’s best left to other publications.

Because they're unlikely to ever have this level of coverage again. I've never heard of this paper, and probably will never hear more details about this murder.

Well, that is clear (at least it's clear for anyone who knows a little bit about Mexico). What I believe the original comment meant is when a journalist is killed, at least we should attempt to include specific information about the journalist's recent articles and investigated topics in articles about a journalist's death.

It's not very specific that "he investigated the ties between cartels and local officials".

> What I believe the original comment meant is when a journalist is killed, at least we should attempt to include specific information about the journalist's recent articles and investigated topics in articles about a journalist's death.

“We” who? Especially for ongoing investigations, the only people who have that information are employers/coworkers who are likely also known to (and often explicitly under threat from) the same actors.

It's easy as a reader to say to them that “we” should share this information, but it’s not really a “we” that you are part of.

In other countries it is just a normal politician.