International News Safety Institute

05 September 2017

Juan Carlos Hernandez Rios

Incident

Mexican Journalist Juan Carlos Hernández Ríos Assassinated

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

Witnesses say he was killed by two men dressed in black carrying large-caliber weapons. Hernández worked as an editorial assistant and photographer for the website La Bandera Noticias, which has received multiple threats in recent months over its news coverage. Hernández Ríos is at least the 10th journalist killed this year in Mexico.

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