03 July 2011
Angel Castillo Corona
Beating
Mexican columnist and reporter Angel Castillo Corona and his 16-year-old son were killed in the early hours of Sunday, 3 July, while driving home.
Police informed Mexican newspapers that at around 3:30 am they were intercepted on the Mexico – Santiago – Chalma road, allegedly by carjackers. The journalist was brutally beaten, while his son was run over several times.
The police suggested robbery as a motive because the many journalists slain in Mexico are normally killed with guns, but in this case no weapons were used. The local press dismissed the robbery theory because although the son was killed immediately, the attackers showed no mercy towards the journalist.
