23 June 2008
Candelario Perez Perez
Shooting
Candelario Perez Perez, a 32-year-old journalist who worked as an editor on his father's crime magazine, Sucesos, was gunned down in the border town of Ciudad Juarez on 23 June.
Perez was on his way to visit relatives in a Chevrolet Silverado with Texas licence plates when he was shot and killed at about 7:30 p.m. by men armed with AK-47 assault rifles in a dark-coloured pickup. Investigators found about 15 impacts from 9 mm bullets.
The victim's father, Sucesos publisher Candelario Perez Rodriguez, told journalists that his son got into an argument in a bar shortly before the shooting and that another car followed him when he left.
He also said his son sold used cars as well as working as a journalist. Sucesos is a local crime magazine that Perez Rodriguez founded 30 years ago. It is published irregularly and has not appeared for the past two months because Perez Rodriguez has been in poor health. His son had worked for it for 15 years as a reporter and editor.
Chihuahua state is rife with contraband and drug trafficking and is one of the most dangerous regions in Mexico, with more than 500 violent deaths since the start of the year.
