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Journalist Hamurabi Huesca Manzano was shot dead in Oaxaca, Mexico, while working as a taxi driver on Friday. He owned the news website Pinotepa Comunica and was targeted during an attack that also injured two others; one of them, known as “El Dario,” died later from his wounds. Article 19 reports this is the ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year and calls for a thorough investigation into Huesca Manzano’s work as a priority.

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Hamurabi Huesca Manzano, a journalist and taxi driver in Oaxaca, Mexico, was fatally shot on Friday after an armed group opened fire on him and two others. This is the ninth killing of a journalist in Mexico this year, according to human rights organization Article 19. Local reports indicate that Huesca Manzano, who owned the news website Pinotepa Comunica, was targeted while working as a taxi driver, with prosecutors suggesting his intended target was a local criminal figure known as “El Dario.” El Dario, notorious for violence in Oaxaca, sustained injuries and died later at the hospital. The state prosecutor's office reported that they have identified the attackers but did not release their names or additional details. The mayor of San Miguel Tlacamama, Antonio Olmedo Mendoza, confirmed Huesca Manzano’s death and offered condolences. Local narratives vary on the exact location where the attack occurred, with some reports indicating it happened at his home and another person was also injured.

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Local reports give differing accounts of where the attack happened, as well; a number of them say Huesca Manzano was shot at his home and that a woman was also injured.

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Journalist Hamurabi Huesca Manzano killed in Mexico’s Oaxaca · mixed framing

A journalist moonlighting as a taxi driver has been shot dead in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, the ninth killed in the country this year, according to human rights organisation Article 19. uncertain

journalist → moonlight → organisation

Hamurabi Huesca Manzano, who owned the news website Pinotepa Comunica, was killed on Friday after an armed group opened fire on him and two others, according to the state prosecutor’s report. uncertain

group → own → report

Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Search continues for kidnapped Mexican journalist Roxana Guzman - list 2 of 3Journalist killed in Mexico after years of exposing corruption - list 3 of 3Mexican influencer shot dead during livestream The office said one line of inquiry suggests that a dispute happened between local criminal groups, and that the intended target of the shooting was a man known as “El Dario”. uncertain

target → continue → Dario

El Dario, infamous for instigating violence on the Oaxaca coast, was wounded in the shooting and died in hospital hours later. asserted

Dario → instigate → hospital

According to prosecutors, Huesca Manzano was working as a taxi driver, waiting to take El Dario somewhere else when the journalist was shot dead. uncertain

journalist → accord → Dario

The prosecutor’s office says the attackers have been “fully identified”, but did not name them or say whether Huesca Manzano’s journalistic work played any role. asserted

work → say → role

Local reports give differing accounts of where the attack happened, as well; a number of them say Huesca Manzano was shot at his home and that a woman was also injured. asserted

woman → give → home

Article 19 condemned the killing and said on X: “We demand that the prosecutor’s office treat his journalistic work as a priority in its investigation.” asserted

office → condemn → investigation

The mayor of San Miguel Tlacamama, Antonio Olmedo Mendoza, confirmed Manzano’s death and offered condolences in a statement, local media reported. asserted

media → confirm → statement

“With deep sorrow, I regret the passing of Hamurabi Sinclair Huesca Manzano,” he said, adding that he joined the grief of his family, friends and colleagues. asserted

he → regret → family

Mexico is notorious for being one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, with more than 150 media workers killed there since 1994, according to Reporters Without Borders. uncertain

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Journalist Hamurabi Huesca Manzano killed in Mexico’s Oaxaca

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