And Sunday was the first anniversary of the murder of Mexican journalist Rubén Espinosa. On July 31, 2015, Espinosa was killed by gunmen in an apartment in Mexico City, alongside human rights activist Nadia Vera and three other women. No one has been charged in their murders. It’s widely believed Espinosa and Vera were targeted as a result of their work in the southern state of Veracruz. This is Rubén’s sister, Alma Espinosa, speaking Sunday.
Alma Espinosa: “My brother Rubén was a photojournalist who loved his work, and he was a very humane person. We aren’t insisting their assassination was planned from Veracruz, but we do want this line of investigation to be pursued related to Rubén’s work and Nadia’s activism, since they both had suffered harassment in Xalapa. And we also want them to investigate this, since, apart from him, they have killed many journalists in the state of Veracruz. There are so many who have died, and no one pays attention. They are killing them, and no one does anything.”