09 October 2008
Miguel Angel Villagómez
Shooting
Miguel Angel Villa Gómez Valle, the editor of Noticias de Michoacán, a daily newspaper based in Lázaro Cárdenas, in the southwestern state of Michoacán, was abducted and murdered.
Villa Gómez’s bullet-riddled body was found in a refuse dump, less than 12 hours after he went missing. The police found Villa Gómez’s body in a road-side refuse dump about 50 km outside Lázaro Cárdenas. He had been shot twice in the stomach and once in the head.
Relatives told Agence France-Presse that he left his office at about 10 p.m. on 9 October with the intention of going home. He had not mentioned getting any threats. His newspaper is a regional tabloid that often carries stories linked to corruption, organised crime and drug trafficking.
