A Mexican journalist, his wife, and their 21-year-old son were shot to death inside their home in Veracruz yesterday.
Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco, 55, an editor for the daily newspaper, Notiver, wrote a column about politics and crime, including political corruption and drug trafficking.
His son, Misael Lopez, worked as a photographer for the paper.
Earlier this month, Veracruz police found the body of reporter Noel Lopez in a clandestine grave. He had been missing since March. The two reporters are not related.
Noel Lopez worked for the weeklies Horizonte and Noticias de Acayucan, and for the daily newspaper La Verdad.
Press freedom groups say Mexico is the most dangerous country in the Americas for journalists.
"The Mexican government must put an end to this endless wave of violence that is eroding the democratic system," said Carlos Lauria of the Committee to Protect Journalists in the Americas.
In a statement on Monday, Mexico's national commission on human rights said that, since 2000, 70 journalists had been killed and 13 were missing. There have also been 22 attacks on media organisations.
Source: AP/Yahoo
