30 November 2006
Adolfo Sanchez Guzman
Shooting
Police found the bullet-ridden bodies of missing journalist Adolfo Sanchez Guzman and another man, in what appeared to be the second killing of a reporter in 10 days in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
Investigative police said they discovered the body of Sanchez Guzman, 32, on Thursday near Ciudad Mendoza, 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of the state capital, not far from where his car was found abandoned on Tuesday night.
Veracruz Attorney General Emeterio Lopez said Sanchez Guzman had been shot twice in the back of the head at close range; police said the position of the body suggested he may have been kneeling.
The second man, identified as a friend of Guzman named Cesar Martinez Lopez, was also apparently shot to death, though an icepick was found near his body. Autopsies were being carried out on both men, and no cause of death had yet been formally determined.
It was unclear whether Sanchez Guzman's death was linked to his work. Sanchez Guzman was in negotiations to renew his contract with his employer, the Veracruz affiliate of the Televisa television network, and also reported for a radio station and an Internet news site.
