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| "The daughter of journalist José Prigadaá Andrade has been abducted in Veracruz in what appears to be retaliation for his work covering corruption and security. Veracruz is the most deadly place in Mexico, and probably the world, to be a journalist", said Duncan Tucker, a British freelance journalist based in Mexico. |
Veracruz investigative journalist José Prigadaá Andrade has revealed that his daughter Rosa Itzel Citlalli Prigadaá was kidnapped by unknown assailants on 13 April 2021 in Martinez de la Torre Municipality.
Press freedom organization ARTICLE 19 confirmed the kidnapping and said that the abductors told Prigadaá that they kidnapped his daugher so he could "chill the fuck out".
It should be noted that Prigadaá covers issues on corruption and security in Veracruz. He has sufferred death threats from his work and had protection measures from the Corpus of English for Academic and Professional Purposes (CEAPP) until 2019.
ARTICLE 19 also asked the State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists to strengthen Prigadaá's protection measures and extend them to the rest of his family. They asked Mexico's Attorney General's Office to work closely with officials in Veracruz, where there is already an investigation at the state-level for this kidnapping.
"I ask you to help me continue her search. I fear for my daughter's life, she is a young woman, without vices, without problems, and who likes to play with her sisters", wrote Prigadaá in a public letter.
Mexico is the most dangerous country in the Western Hemisphere for journalists. No state in Mexico has been deadlier than Veracruz, which according to some accounts may be the most dangerous region in the world for journalists. Under the administration of Governor of Veracruz Javier Duarte de Ochoa (2010 – 2016), twelve journalists were killed in Veracruz; close to a dozen more went missing.
Sources: ARTICLE 19 (Facebook); Letra Roja; Redes Poder; Borderland Beat archives
Most dangerous Countries in the world....
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3. South Sudan
Mexico ranks 24th.
Mexico is also known as the most curupt.
DeleteCriminal idiots just made this worse for themselves by drawing more attention.
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All journalists should send their family out of Mexico. It's not worth putting them in the line of fire.
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Y luego estos putillos se queiren desquitar con alguien que dice la verdad. Aqui se sabe que todos todos los narcos son unas mierdas. Y mas en narco estados como Sinaloa que ejecutan a gueyes que hacen lo mismo que este pediodista.
Por eso la gente se cree de las babosadas que dicen que no lastiman a inocentes. Porke los callan si hablam mal de ellos de una manera o otra.
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@2:58 La neta la mafia es la mafia amigo, la gente aquí viene a defender a personas que ni conocen. TODOS los cárteles son crimen organizado.
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but some good innocent person not allowed to report it
well I do hope all BB reporters stay SAFE ALWAYS
Reporters need to wake the fack up, stay anonymous, and get their families out of the way
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