Mexican News Outlet Owner Charged in Alleged Kidnapping of Rival Journalist
The proprietor of a Mexican information outlet stays behind bars awaiting trial for her alleged position in the kidnapping by cartel gunmen of a journalist from one other outlet.
This week, Mexican authorities introduced the arrest of Ivohone (additionally spelled Ivone) Patricia Herrera Valera, the proprietor of the information outlet Vanguardia Veracruz, for being the alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping of Ricardo Villanueva Ake, a journalist with the net information outlet Presente Veracruz.
Este día en la conferencia mañanera del presidente @lopezobrador_, se dio a conocer el trabajo coordinado entre la @FGE_Veracruz y la @PGJE_Hidalgo, en relación a la aprehensión de una persona de iniciales I.P.H.V., investigada por secuestro agravado ocurrido en Veracruz. pic.twitter.com/vjTar1L9Ug
— Santiago Nieto (@SNietoCastillo) October 3, 2023
The arrest passed off final month in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, the place Ivone Patricia “N” had been visiting, stated the Attorney General for Hidalgo, Santiago Nieto. Authorities in Mexico additionally arrested Julio Cesar “N” in September, who coated crime for Vanguardia. He is presently going through the identical expenses as his boss.
La persona imputada es investigada por el delito antes mencionado, ocurrido en agravio de un reportero, en el municipio de Poza Rica.#EnHidalgoCeroImpunidad
— Santiago Nieto (@SNietoCastillo) October 3, 2023
The alleged kidnapping passed off in April in the town of Poza Rica, Veracruz, when a gaggle of gunmen reportedly took Villanueva, beat him, after which pressured him to file a video the place he claimed to have been working with organized crime, Infobae reported. One day later, state and federal authorities rescued Villanueva.
According to Infobae, Vanguardia Veracruz was a print newspaper that switched to an online-only format by the late proprietor Eugenio Gomez Lemus. Authorities beforehand arrested Gregorio Gomez Martinez, a neighborhood politician in Veracruz, half-brother of Gomez Lemus and co-owner of Vanguardia. At the time, the politician confronted a number of expenses tied to drug trafficking and weapons possession. After the passing of Gomez Lemus in 2021, his spouse, Ivone Patricia, took over the publication.
As Breitbart Texas reported, a number of press freedom organizations label Mexico as one of the deadliest international locations for journalists. The state of Veracruz is presently one of the highest areas with essentially the most assaults and killings of journalists by felony organizations and politicians.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles undertaking with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart administration. You can comply with him on Twitter and on Facebook. He may be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.
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