20 June 2011
Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco and Lopez Solana
Shooting
Prominent Mexican journalist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco, along with his wife and son, Lopez Solana, were shot to death by gunmen who broke into their home in the city of Veracruz.
A motive for the murders has not been determined, but Lopez Velasco's role as the editor of newspaper Notiver established him as a well known figure, and possible target, in the state of Veracruz. Under the pseudonym Milo Vela, Lopez Velasco, 55, also wrote a regular column called "Va de Nuez" that focused on local government corruption, drug trafficking and crime. López Solana was a photographer for Notiver.
