International News Safety Institute

03 May 2021

Benjamín Morales Hernández

Incident

Mexican journalist slain in Morelia, Mexico

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

Morales founded Noticias Xonoidag, a Facebook news page where he reported on current events in the Sonoyta area of Mexico. He had also recently commented on the local and national elections in Mexico. He had previously publicly mentioned mentioned receiving anonymous threats on his Facebook page.

Source: https://cpj.org/data/people/benjamin-morales-hernandez/

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