06 April 2007
Amado Ramirez
Shooting
Journalists and relatives have called for a probe into the murder of a prominent television reporter in the Mexican resort of Acapulco.
Amado Ramirez, a correspondent for TV news network Televisa, was shot dead on Friday as he left a radio station. Security officials said two gunmen were waiting for him as he neared his car. In recent months, Acapulco has been hit by a wave of violence believed linked to the drug trade and control of key coastal smuggling routes.
The attacks came just weeks after President Felipe Calderon ordered 8,000 troops and federal police into the city to tackle drug-related crime. The motive for the killing of Mr Ramirez - who had reported from Acapulco for more than a dozen years - was not immediately clear.
