MEXICO CITY, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Gunmen shot dead a
veteran crime reporter in northeastern Mexico on Friday, his
employers said, becoming the fourth journalist to be murdered
in the gang-plagued country in six weeks.
Maximino Rodriguez Palacios “was shot and killed” outside
a store as he arrived in his car at around noon (1700 GMT) with
his wife who uses a wheelchair, the Colectivo Pericu news website
said.
His wife was unharmed.
The state prosecutor’s office confirmed the 71-year-old’s
murder “from gunshot wounds,” adding that investigators have
obtained shell casings that will be analyzed in a lab.
Unknown attackers appeared to have used high-powered rifles
in the attack, the website said.