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Crtew/Noel López Olguín
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Born
Noel López Olguín

Mexico
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Chinameca
NationalityMexican
OccupationJournalist
EmployerFreelance


Noel López Olguín ...(Birth DAY MONTH YEAR – Death 8 March 2011), Mexico, Olguín was working as a Freelance Journalist for the local weeklies Horizonte and Noticias de Acayucan and the daily La Verdad in Jáltipan, Mexico. He had a reputation of writing stories and columns that criticized local corruption.


Personal

Noel López Olguín was a freelance writer who wrote about what concerned him and others in his country. His passion for journalism and the right for his fellow citizens to know the truth was what caused his death.

Career

López had a long career working as a columnist for La Verdad de Jáltipan, and also as a stringer and photographer for several papers in the state of Veracruz, including the weeklies Noticias de Acayucan, El Horizonte, and Noticias de Veracruz [1]

Death

Olguín was kidnapped on March 8 by gunmen in two SUVs, according to local authorithies. On May 31, his body was found buried in a clandestine grave in the city of Chinameca, according to local news.</ref>http://cpj.org/2011/06/missing-journalist-found-dead-in-mexico.php</ref>

Context

The death toll in Mexico is growing everyday according to news reports as of January 2011 over 47,000 have died over the 5 year military crack down on the drug war[2].

Impact

He was the first of four journalists to die in Veracruz in 2011.[3] After his murder, Miguel Ángel López Velasco, also known by his pen name Milo Vera used to sign his articles in the Notiver, was killed June 20, 2011, along with his son Miseal, who also worked for the Notiver. Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz was killed a month later, and she also worked for Notiver and was investigating her colleagues' muder.

Reactions

References

  • Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ): [4]
  • Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ): [5]
  • Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ): [6]
  • Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ): [7]
  • Reporters Without Borders: [8]
  • Reporters Without Borders: [9]
  • International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX): [10]
  • International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX): [11]
  • The Guardian (U.K.): [12]
  1. ^ http://cpj.org/killed/2011/noel-lopez-olguin.phphttp://cpj.org/killed/2011/noel-lopez-olguin.php
  2. ^ http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/11/mexicos-drug-war-death-toll-nears-50000/
  3. ^ "Journalist found decapitated in Mexico". Committee to Protect Journalists. July 26, 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  4. ^ http://cpj.org/killed/2011/noel-lopez-olguin.php
  5. ^ http://cpj.org/2011/06/missing-journalist-found-dead-in-mexico.php
  6. ^ http://cpj.org/2011/06/drug-trafficker-confesses-to-killing-missing-mexic.php
  7. ^ http://cpj.org/reports/2011/12/journalists-killed-political-unrest-proves-deadly.php
  8. ^ http://en.rsf.org/mexico-newspaper-reporter-missing-in-25-03-2011,39881.html
  9. ^ http://en.rsf.org/mexico-police-find-body-of-veracruz-state-03-06-2011,40401.html
  10. ^ http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2011/03/29/double_murder/
  11. ^ http://www.ifex.org/mexico/2011/06/03/journalist_found_dead/
  12. ^ "More violence against journalists in Mexico". Retrieved 3 February 2012.


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