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Title: Mexican radio journalist shot dead in Tabasco state
Post by: TomSea on February 09, 2019, 08:57:31 pm

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Mexican radio journalist shot dead in Tabasco state

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A radio news host in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Tabasco was shot dead on Saturday, officials said, marking the second journalist murder this year as the country grapples with record violence that has claimed the lives of numerous reporters.

Jesus Eugenio Ramos died Saturday morning at a hospital in the city of Emiliano Zapata due to gunshot injuries, the Tabasco prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Tabasco Governor Adan Augusto Lopez said he lamented the loss of the reporter, known locally as “Chuchin,” and said his murder would be investigated.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence/mexican-radio-journalist-shot-dead-in-tabasco-state-idUSKCN1PY0KY (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence/mexican-radio-journalist-shot-dead-in-tabasco-state-idUSKCN1PY0KY)