24 January 2025 | CPJ
Local news editor found dead with gunshots in Mexican state of Tabasco
Shooting
Alejandro Gallegos León was reported missing on January 24, 2025, and his body was found with several gunshot wounds the next day in the town of Cárdenas.
Gallegos, 51, was the editor of Facebook-based news outlet La Voz del Pueblo and also worked as a lawyer, an evangelical pastor, and a teacher at Alfa y Omega Presbyterian University in the state of Tabasco.
La Voz del Pueblo published news stories and videos about regional politics in Tabasco with a neutral tone, according to CPJ’s review of its most recent press events coverage. Despite recent reports of a spike in criminal violence in the state, the website did not extensively cover that topic.
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