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Journalists in Mexico are once again denouncing the murder of one of their own who died at the hands of a team of gunmen. The attack came despite the victim being under police protection.
Martinez had been a long-time crime journalist who had been assigned 24-hour police protection after surviving an assassination attempt in 2022. At that time, a team of gunmen tried to kill him as he was leaving his home. After that attack, Martinez had largely shifted his reporting to car wrecks and minor crimes.
In recent years, the state of Guanajuato has seen a dramatic rise in violence as rival criminal organizations, including Cartel Jalisco New Generation and the remnants of the fuel theft gang Cartel Santa Rosa de Lima, continue a fierce turf war. In July, a group of gunmen kidnapped and killed journalist Victor Alfonso Culebro in the state of Chiapas, Breitbart Texas
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