Gumaro Pérez Aguilando, Mexico – Under Investigation

Gumaro Pérez Aguilando was killed in Ayucan, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on Dec. 19, 2017 when an unidentified gunman entered the elementary school where he was attending his 6-year-old son’s Christmas festival and shot him dead. Pérez covered crime for several publications and founded the news site La Voz del Sur. He reportedly was a participant in a journalist protection mechanism, although government officials said he had not indicated that he had received any threats prior to the killing.

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