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Ricardo Rafael Rodriguez Verajournalist of the media BruNewswas located during the early hours of this Wednesday, after being reported missing last Tuesday night in Michoacán.
State authorities reported that the reporter was found “well” and is now at home.
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The 61-year-old journalist lost contact with his family since midday on Tuesday, so he and his coworkers went to the Attorney General’s Office where they filed a missing person report.
According to local media, Rodríguez Vera was supposed to attend his daughter’s graduation, but they lost contact with him before the ceremony.
The last time he was seen was in the center of La Piedad.
🟠📢 We inform that RICARDO RAFAEL RODRÍGUEZ NAVA has been #located. Thanks for your support. #FGEMich @botDesaparecidx pic.twitter.com/kYdTXGnyac
— Michoacan Attorney General’s Office (@FiscaliaMich) July 10, 2024
In its most recent report on attacks against journalists, the organization Article 19 revealed that during the six-year term of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, there have been 62.13 percent more attacks on journalists than during the entire administration of Enrique Peña Nieto (2006-2012).
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The document Pending Rights, Six-Year Report on Freedom of Expression and the Right to Information in Mexico of the organization indicates that between December 1, 2018 and March 31, 2024, 3,408 attacks against the press were recorded, which includes 46 murders of communicators and the disappearance of four.
At the end of the Peña Nieto administration, Article 19 recorded 2,502 attacks against the press, 47 murders and 4 disappearances.
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