Fourth journalist killed in Mexico in a month

“One of our colleagues lost his life because three people came and shot him in a vile way, in a cowardly way,” Linares said in the video, clearly distraught. “To our colleague’s family I say that we are not going to leave things like this and that we are going to take them to their final consequences.”

February 1, 2022

A fourth journalist has been killed in Mexico in a month, drawing condemnation from freedom-of-the-press groups.

Roberto Toledo, a 55-year-old lawyer who collaborated with the news outlet Monitor Michoacán, was gunned down in the western state of Michoacán, in the municipality of Zitácuaro, by three men in a parking area by the law office where he worked.

His death was confirmed by the director of Monitor Michoacán, Armando Linares, in a video shared on social media.

“One of our colleagues lost his life because three people came and shot him in a vile way, in a cowardly way,” Linares said in the video, clearly distraught. “To our colleague’s family I say that we are not going to leave things like this and that we are going to take them to their final consequences.”

Linares said employees at Monitor Michoacán had been the subject of threats via WhatsApp and Messenger.