Víctor Pérez Pérez Explained

Victor Pérez Pérez was a Mexican journalist who was murdered in 2014.^[1]

Career

Pérez was a writer and editor of the magazine Suceso, which was published irregularly in Ciudad Juarez and focused on political reportage and opinion.^[1]

In June 2008, his father, Candelario Pérez Rodríguez, who also worked on the same magazine, was assassinated.^[1]

Murder

On September 3, 2014, Pérez was assaulted in his home in Luis Echeverría, a suburb of Ciudad Juarez, by two men who broke in, one of whom shot him at close range. He made it alive to a nearby hospital but died shortly after his arrival there.^{[1] [2] [3]}

He was the seventh journalist to be murdered in Mexico in 2014.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asesinan a periodista en Ciudad Juárez. Vanguardia. Sep 4, 2014.
2. Web site: Asesinan a periodista en su casa en Chihuahua. Informador.
3. Web site: Fierro. Luis. Asesinan a periodista en Ciudad Juárez. Red Politica. Sep 4, 2014.
4. Web site: Shots fired at newspaper editor's home in Veracruz state. Reporters without Borders. Sep 4, 2014.