The body of a journalist was found in a shallow grave in a town outside the Mexican resort of Acapulco four days after he was abducted.
Jorge Torres Palacios, a reporter for 20 years who blogged for a news website and acted as a spokesman for the Acapulco health department, was seized by gunmen last Thursday (30 May) as he arrived at his home.
He wrote a political column for El Dictamen de Guerrero called "Nothing personal". In his last blog item he lamented the "the lack of security in the state." Journalists held daily protests following his disappearance.
Camille Soulier, head of the Americas desk at the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders, called for an investigation by the special prosecutor's office for crimes against freedom of expression.
On 11 February, the body of journalist Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz was found three days after his abduction from his home in the state of Veracruz.
Sources: Latin American Herald/AFP via NDTV/Reporters Without Borders
