Four writers were shot and injured in southern Mexico on Tuesday, authorities said, the most recent in a progression of assaults that make the country one of the most hazardous for correspondents.
Assailants on a bike started shooting at three of the writers around early afternoon in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state, where they were covering a homicide, the nearby examiner’s office said.
The columnists — recognized as Jesus Antonio de la Cruz, Oscar Guerrero and Victor Mateo Francisco — supported wounds to the back, arm and neck, as per examiners.
The media promotion bunch Correspondents Without Boundaries (RSF) said the threesome were in stable condition.
“RSF approaches the specialists to act rapidly to guarantee their assurance and that of their families,” RSF said on X, previously Twitter.
The three columnists cover political and wrongdoing stories for various neighborhood media, as indicated by the gathering.
A fourth writer was injured by gunfire in the city of Apatzingan in the adjoining territory of Michoacan, nearby police said.
Maynor Ramon Ramirez with the nearby news entrance ABC, who had endure an assault in 2016, was taken to emergency clinic.
The shootings happened seven days after three different journalists were captured and later delivered in the city of Taxco, additionally in Guerrero.
Mexico is viewed as perhaps of the most risky country on the planet for columnists, as per RSF.
Photojournalist Ismael Villagomez was shot and killed for the current month in the northern line city of Ciudad Juarez.
Three individuals have been captured over his killing.
Without a doubt five different columnists have been killed in Mexico this year, and more than 150 have been killed beginning around 2000, as per RSF.
