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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.[2]

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 cartel.[3] It's equally dangerous for reports with a total of 69 killed since 2000.[4]

Impact

He was the first of four journalists to die in Veracruz in 2011.[5] 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

Fear has become a commonplace in this region. It was reported that the editor's of the newspapers Noel Lopez Olguin wrote articles have denied they worked with him[6]

References

  1. ^ "Noel López Olguín". Retrieved 03 Feb 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ "For journalists, coverage of political unrest proves deadly". Retrieved 03 Feb 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Mexico's drug war death toll nears 50,000". Retrieved 03 Feb 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ "Newspaper reporter missing in Veracruz state". Retrieved 03 Feb 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ "Journalist found decapitated in Mexico". Committee to Protect Journalists. July 26, 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Drug trafficker confesses to killing missing Mexican reporter". Retrieved 03 Feb 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)