{"id":1411603,"date":"2022-03-30T22:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T02:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411603"},"modified":"2022-03-30T22:30:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T02:30:05","slug":"gunmen-dressed-as-mexican-cops-threaten-to-burn-journalists-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gunmen-dressed-as-mexican-cops-threaten-to-burn-journalists-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Dressed as Mexican Cops Threaten to Burn Journalists Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgunmen-dressed-as-mexican-cops-threaten-to-burn-journalists-alive%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411603&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Gunmen dressed as police threatened journalists in Mexico with setting them on fire to deter reporting on a story. The threats come as the country draws international attention after nine journalists were already murdered in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place Tuesday when journalists with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eluniversal.com.mx\/nacion\/grupo-armado-intimida-periodistas-de-el-universal-los-amenazan-con-prenderles-fuego?utm_source=web&#038;utm_medium=social_buttons&#038;utm_campaign=social_sharing&#038;utm_content=twitter\"><em>El Universal<\/em><\/a> were meeting with environmental activists near Tecamac, Mexico State. The activists were denouncing a mineral mine necessary for the construction materials of a new airport.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>When the journalists were documenting the area, gunmen in a pickup pulled up and began issuing threats, <em>El Universal<\/em> reported. The gunmen fired weapons into the air as they forced two female reporters and a photographer to delete their work. They were threatened with death if they returned.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/Mexican-gunmen-2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The reporters claimed one of the gunmen wearing a vest with a state police patch assaulted an activist and then wielded a gas can while threatened to burn everyone alive. Eventually, the gunmen allowed the group to leave.<\/p>\n<p>The threats against <em>El Universal<\/em> come as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/03\/16\/journalist-murdered-in-mexico-9th-in-2022\/\">Mexico has recorded the murders of nine journalists <\/a>this year. Press freedom groups label the country as the deadliest for news workers outside of active war zones.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than acknowledge the crisis,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/03\/12\/european-parliament-condemns-journalists-killings-in-mexico-president-calls-them-corrupt-sheep\/\">\u00a0President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has taken a confrontational approach against international criticism, calling Western politicians \u201csheep, corrupt, and interventionist\u201d in various statements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby\u00a0and senior Breitbart management.\u00a0You can follow him on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IldefonsoOrtiz\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ildefonso-Ortiz\/731511040246659\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. He can be contacted at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:Iortiz@breitbart.com\"><em>Iortiz@breitbart.com<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brandondarby?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>Twitter\u00a0<\/em><\/a><em>and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brandonmichaeldarby\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. He can be contacted at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:bdarby@breitbart.com\"><em>bdarby@breitbart.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen dressed as police threatened journalists in Mexico with setting them on fire to deter reporting on a story. 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