29 October 2020 | CPJ
Mexican television host shot
Shooting
In the evening of October 29, 2020, unidentified assailants shot and killed Arturo Alba, host of the daily television news show “Telediario,” in Ciudad Juárez, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.
The journalist’s body was found shortly before 10 p.m. inside the car he was driving; he had been shot at least 10 times and died instantly, according to those reports.
Chihuahua Governor Javier Corral said in a statement that his government would use “all the necessary resources” to investigate the case.
“Telediario” is aired by privately owned broadcaster Multimedios Televisión, according to Raymundo Chagoyán, the broadcaster’s news director, who spoke with CPJ in a phone interview.
“We are all very shocked. [Alba] hadn’t told us anything that may have constituted a threat. He had been cheerful, nothing out of the ordinary,” Chagoyán told CPJ. He said that Alba covered local news in Juárez and the state of Chihuahua, and described his program as “light,” but said that Alba did sometimes cover issues of crime and security.
According to local news website La Verdad, Alba had recently covered the police killing of a young woman in Chihuahua, confrontations between alleged gang members and police, and alleged police corruption.
Chagoyán said that Alba also worked as a spokesperson for the Technological Institute of Ciudad Juárez, a local university, and had previously worked as a reporter for Canal 44 in Ciudad Juárez and Univisión in the neighboring U.S. city of El Paso, where he also lived.
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