Sons Of Mexican Journalists Killed By Unknwon Gunmen

[ChannelsTV]

Gunmen executed two young men, the sons of two prominent Mexican journalists in the northern city of Chihuahua, according to authorities in the border Mexican state. Twenty-year-old Alfredo Paramo and 21-year-old Diego Paramo were shot dead in Chihuahua early on Saturday (May 04) after being chased through the streets by gunmen in a car. They are the sons of well-known Mexican financial journalist David Paramo, who hosts a radio show, appears on TV Azteca and has a national newspaper column, and Martha Gonzalez, the editor of the local El Peso newspaper. Investigations into the murder are underway and officials said the identities and motives of the attackers unclear. The northern border state of Chihuahua is a drug-trafficking hotspot with the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels fighting for control of rich trafficking routes through the area. Mexican journalists are often targeted and killed by drug cartels for reporting on their activities. The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based advocacy group, says 25 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 1992. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has vowed to take a different tack than his presidential predecessor, Felipe Calderon, who sent in the troops to tackle the warring drug cartels. Pena Nieto has focused instead on stopping kidnapping and extortion. Roughly 70,000 people have died in drug-related killings since 2006, when Calderon launched his military-led campaign. More than 4,200 have died in the first four months of Pena Nieto's term, a slower pace than early 2012.

Via: ChannelsTV