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Reporter María Elena Ferral died after being shot

The journalist María Elena Ferral passed away Monday night in the Regional Hospital of Poza Rica, as reported by Xalapa’s Diary, means for which the occisa worked.

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Shortly after 2:00 p.m., the communicator of said medium, belonging to the Mexican Editorial Organization, was injured in the arm, leg and abdomen. The place of impact was the municipal seat of Papantla which is located north of Veracruz.

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When the journalist was walking towards her vehicle, she was intercepted by a person who I was riding a motorcycle, which shot him at least in six occasions. After the action, the victim was transferred to a local hospital, where relatives asked blood donation due to his delicate state of health.

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In a press release, the Veracruz Government noted that it will act with full weight of the law to attend the case of Maria Elena Ferral and described this as very serious:

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“As with the regrettable murder of the journalist in Actopan, in which he found not only those responsible but also the intellectual author, the very serious attack on journalist María Elena Ferral will be thoroughly investigated. We strongly reiterate that in Veracruz impunity is over and no one is above the law”Stated the press release.

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Given this fact, the Governor Cuitláhuac García Jiménez regretted that the death of the people is desired to attack his government, for which he pointed out:

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“I am very sorry that right now we are trying to save the life of journalist María Elena Ferral, some of her colleagues have already given her up for dead in her ‘news’. So much evil you they want people as long have a chance to hit a government? ”

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For his part, the Secretary of Public Security, Hugo Gutiérrez Maldonadosaid his dependency would collaborate with the State Attorney General (FGE) to clarify the facts.

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“Our solidarity and full support to family, colleagues and friends. From the Ministry of Public Security we cooperate with the State Attorney General to find those responsible for this reprehensible act“, he pointed.

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Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries to exercise the profession of journalism, since according to data from the Protection Committee for Journalists (CPJ) in the country have been killed 120 reporters and media workers from 1994 to date. During the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto, 38 murders of journalists were reported.

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The attack on María Elena Ferral, happened on Monday afternoon, joins the assaults against people who practice journalism in Mexico. For this reason the president of the Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists in the local Congress, the PAN legislator Maryjose Gamboa condemned the attack and demanded that the authorities in charge of administering justice in Veracruz, the investigation and search for those responsible for the attack.

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Gamboa asked the State Attorney General do your job to punish the guilty. For this, the legislator pointed out, the speed in ministerial investigations, so that there is no room for more impunity regarding the attacks against journalists in Veracruz that continue without justice.

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Furthermore, the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which works in the promotion and defense of the freedom to inform, he condemned the murder of María Elena Ferral and demanded that the local and federal authorities investigate the case.

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Finally, the coordinator of the PAN Legislative Group, Omar Miranda, requested both state and federal authorities strengthen strategies to protect journalists in Veracruz, which is within the most dangerous states to practice the profession in Mexico.

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