Killing editor of the weekly magazine in Playa del Carmen

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Cancún.- The director of the weekly digital news weekly Playa News here and now, Rubén Pat Cahuich, was shot yesterday morning in front of the Arre Bar, located in downtown Playa del Carmen , in the municipality of Solidaridad.

The murder took place nearly a month after the murder of journalist José Chan Dzib, a collaborator of the same weekly, who was killed on June 30 while he was at the bar La Baticueva, in the municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto.

In an interview, Cristina Torres, Mayor of the Solidarity PAN, reported that Rubén Pat had lodged a complaint with the Attorney General's Office (PGR) three or four months ago, asking that he keep his house but no escort.

"He asked for logs to be made near his house and we were flourishing, Torres Gómez added that the Arre Bar, located in the Centro neighborhood, has been closed and was the subject of an investigation if it was open outside the authorized time limit or if it was closed.

After the murder of the communicator, the municipal police set up a vehicle inspection operation inside the city, as well as in the police filters of the north and south of the municipality, without the aggressors being detained.] With Pat Cahuich, there is already 10 journalists killed in 2018. According to the Ministry of the Interior, 301 communicators from different parts of the country have been incorporated into the mechanism for the protection of human rights defenders and journalists of the federal government.

They demand Case before the badbadination of two journalists in a month, Quintana Roo's Collective of Journalists demanded that the authorities investigate and find the culprits of the two crimes, work so that they do not go unpunished and give guarantees for the journalistic exercise .

For the moment, the authorities have reported no progress in the badbadination of Chan Dzib nor presented to the probable perpetrators.

The state government condemned the facts and asked the Attorney General's office to initiate an investigation into the badbadination of Rubén Pat. expressing condolences to relatives of the victim

Meanwhile, the state congress discusses the appointment of Attorney General Miguel Ángel Pech to the operation of the institution, said Eduardo Martínez Arcila, President of the Gran Commission of the Congress of State

Unanimous Condemnation . The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-DH) condemned the murder of journalist Pat Cahuich

The agency received information on how the journalist was arrested , threatened and allegedly tortured by the municipal police. Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, June 25, and presumably the journalist had published information that would link local officials to organized crime groups.

Rubén Pat benefited from the Mechanism for the Protection of Persons, Human Rights Defenders and Journalists.

"We spoke with Mr. Pat's colleagues and told us about the risk and the fear they face in doing their job, a vital task for a free, democratic and plural society", said Jan Jarab. in Mexico

Meanwhile, the Inter-American Press Association (SIP) joined the conviction for the murder He also asked the relevant authorities to "firmly" badume their must investigate quickly to know the causes of the crime and judge those responsible. "

In the United States, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, He posted a message on his Twitter account saying that" Pat had discovered links between local officials and gangs in Mexico, "and noted that" the Mexican government should prioritize and fight this problem. "