Mexico outraged over photojournalist murder
Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera yesterday expressed his outrage over the murder of photojournalist Ruben Espinosa and four women in the city last week.
Their bodies were found in Espinosa's flat on Friday. They all had bullet wounds to the head.
Espinosa, 31, worked for the investigative magazine Proceso. He had recently moved to Mexico City from the eastern state of Veracruz where he said he had been threatened and harassed.
Veracruz is considered one of the most dangerous Mexican states for journalists - 17 have been killed there since 2000, rights group Article 19 says.
Investigators did not give the names of the women killed alongside Espinosa, only their ages. They were 40, 32, 29 and 18 years old. They all were associated with Espinosa.
Investigators said three of the women had been raped. All had bullet wounds to the head.
On Sunday, prosecutors said robbery may have been a motive for the crime, as belongings of the victims were missing.Proceso editor Rafael Rodriguez Castaneda said the brutality of the murders suggested it was not a simple robbery.
Friends of Mr Espinosa said he had started receiving threats after Proceso published an unflattering picture he had shot of Veracruz governor Javier Duarte on its cover.
Duarte condemned the killings and said he would help with the police investigation.
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