{"id":1974563,"date":"2023-07-16T15:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T19:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shock-as-journalist-is-murdered-on-outskirts-of-resort-town\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T15:39:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T19:39:47","slug":"shock-as-journalist-is-murdered-on-outskirts-of-resort-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shock-as-journalist-is-murdered-on-outskirts-of-resort-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist&#8217;s Murder Shocks Resort Town Outskirts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Fshock-as-journalist-is-murdered-on-outskirts-of-resort-town%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=1974563&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--><h2>Another \u200dJournalist Killed \u200din \u2063Mexico Amid \u200bIntensifying Drug War<\/h2>\n<p>On\u2063 Saturday,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-success-story-who-is-all-around-gold-medal-gymnast-suni-lee\/\" title=\"American Success Story: Who Is All-Around Gold Medal Gymnast Suni Lee?\">tragedy struck<\/a>\u2064 once \u200bagain\u2064 in \u200cMexico \u200cas \u200canother\u2063 journalist lost their \u200clife\u200d in \u200cthe midst \u200bof an escalating drug \u200bwar. \u2064This devastating\u200b incident \u200cadds to \u200cthe growing list of\u200d reporters who have been \u200csilenced, \u200bhighlighting\u200c the \u2064dangers\u2064 faced \u200bby \u200dthose who seek to \u2064uncover \u200bthe\u2063 truth \u2062in \u200bthis\u200c troubled \u2063country.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson Matus,\u200c the \u200cdirector of the\u2063 local \u200bnews\u2063 organization \u200dLo Real \u2062de Guerrero, \u2063was\u200d fatally\u2062 shot on\u2062 the\u200c outskirts of\u200c Acapulco \u200cin southwestern \u2063Mexico. His \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shock-as-journalist-is-murdered-on-outskirts-of-resort-town\/\" title=\"Journalist's Murder Shocks Resort Town Outskirts\">courageous \u200dwork involved \u200dcovering<\/a> the\u200d escalating\u200b violence in\u2063 the \u200cMexican state \u2063of Guerrero, a\u200d task \u200cthat ultimately \u200ccost \u2063him \u2064his\u2063 life.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, \u200bMatus \u2064had \u200balready survived\u200c an\u2064 assassination attempt in 2019, according\u200d to Article 19. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erick-erickson-the-man-who-willingly-crawled-onto-a-pyre-to-be-burned-alive-for-jesus\/\" title=\"Erick Erickson: The Man Who Willingly Crawled Onto a Pyre To Be Burned Alive for Jesus\">local authorities<\/a> \u200care\u200c currently \u200cconducting an investigation \u2064into\u200b this\u2062 heinous crime.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200ctragic\u200b event \u200ccomes just a \u2063week\u200c after the\u2064 brutal \u2063killing \u2063of \u2062another\u2063 journalist in\u200c western Mexico,\u200d further \u200demphasizing the crisis of violence and impunity \u200cthat continues\u2064 to plague the Mexican\u200c press, as stated \u200bby \u200cthe \u200bCommittee to \u200cProtect \u2062Journalists.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2063Disturbing\u200c Trend<\/h3>\n<p>Matus&#8217; \u200cdeath serves \u200das a stark reminder of the\u2063 alarming\u2062 increase \u2063in\u2064 journalist murders in \u2064Mexico\u2062 and\u200c the \u2062toll\u2063 it\u200d has \u200btaken on \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-new-tax-hikes-contain-subsidies-for-journalists\/\" title=\"Democrats\u2019 New Tax Hikes Contain Subsidies For Journalists\">local newsrooms<\/a>. \u2063These\u2064 news \u2063organizations often \u2062provide\u2063 detailed coverage of \u2064the \u200bviolence, exposing themselves to\u2064 great\u200c risks\u200b in the \u200cprocess. \u2064Matus&#8217; newsroom \u2064was\u200c no exception.<\/p>\n<p>While Acapulco was \u200donce \u2062renowned \u2062for its \u200bbeach\u2062 resorts, \u2064it \u200dhas unfortunately\u200b transformed into \u200ca \u2062hotbed of narco violence.\u200b On \u200dthe same \u200cday Matus \u2062was tragically killed,\u2064 his news organization\u2062 published \u200ba story\u200b about \u200bthe discovery\u200d of a lifeless body \u2064near\u2063 a tourist beach in the \u200dcity, \u2064underscoring\u2064 the\u2062 grim reality \u200cthey \u200dface on \u200ba daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064the past \u200cfive years alone, the\u2062 Committee to Protect Journalists has\u2064 documented \u2064the\u200b killings of\u200b at least 52 journalists\u2064 in Mexico. \u2063Last year, Mexico ranked \u200cas one\u2062 of the deadliest countries in the \u200bworld\u200c for\u200d journalists, \u2062second\u2062 only to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Matus&#8217; \u2062news\u2063 organization\u2062 expressed\u200d their \u200dgrief on \u200dsocial \u200bmedia, extending their condolences\u2064 to his\u200d family and joining\u2063 together\u200c in \u2062prayer\u200b for \u2062his\u2063 eternal rest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: \u200citalic\">The\u2062 Western\u200d Journal\u2063 has\u2064 reviewed this Associated \u2063Press story and\u200b may \u200chave altered \u2063it \u2063prior to \u2062publication \u2064to \u200densure\u200d that\u200b it meets \u2064our\u2063 editorial \u2064standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a\u200b rel=\"nofollow\"\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-shock-journalist-murdered-outskirts-resort-town\/\">Shock as \u2062Journalist Is \u2064Murdered on Outskirts of\u200d Resort Town<\/a> appeared\u2063 first \u200con <a rel=\"nofollow\"\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u2062Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, journalist Nelson Matus became the latest victim in Mexico&#8217;s escalating drug war, as confirmed by authorities and press freedom organization Article 19. 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