10 January 2022 | CPJ
Mexican journalist José Luis Gamboa stabbed to death
Knife attack
On January 10 2022, Gamboa’s body was found in the east Mexican city of Veracruz with at least seven stab wounds, according to news reports. Gamboa founded and edited the Inforegio news website, co-founded and edited the news website La Noticia, and published news on his personal Facebook page.
CPJ reported that Gamboa frequently reported and commented on security issues; his most recent publications before his death were a YouTube video and a Facebook post discussing the Veracruz state government’s alleged failure to respond to organised crime and a string of recent murders.
The authorities have opened an investigation into the killing.
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