Two journalists kidnapped in a drug cartel stronghold in southern Mexico have been freed, however the whereabouts of a 3rd is unknown, authorities stated Thursday.
Security forces situated Jesus Pintor Alegre and Fernando Moreno Villegas in good well being greater than two weeks after they disappeared, the Guerrero state prosecutor’s workplace stated.
A rescue operation involving the army and National Guard was believed to have led the abductors to launch the lads, a press release stated.
It stated the search continued for Alan Garcia Aguilar, who works for a similar news web site and in addition went lacking on December 27 in a area managed by the Familia Michoacana drug cartel.
In a video posted days earlier by unknown individuals on social media, Moreno and Garcia appeared chained hand and foot.
Moreno acknowledged that they had been “paying the consequences” for his or her reporting within the violent southern area.
Mexico is taken into account one of many world’s most harmful locations to work as a journalist.
Since 2000, greater than 150 journalists have been murdered within the North American nation, in accordance with media rights group Reporters Without Borders.
