Autor: Marion Lloyd Fuente: The Houston Chronicle, 10 de mayo de 2007. Fragmento del original: Five evenings a week, Amado Ramirez fielded complaints from his radio listeners on everything from corrupt public officials to the booming drug trade in this famous resort city.
Then, on a Friday night, just blocks from a beach-side strip of bars where thousands of tourists were partying, a gunman ambushed Ramirez in his car as he attempted to leave his Radiorama office. Bleeding profusely from bullet wounds in the chest, side and thigh, Ramirez dragged himself several yards to a hotel to plead for help, according to police and witness reports. Minutes later, he collapsed dead.
The murder April 6 came as a shock even in this city inured to drug-related violence. Ramirez, 50, who also worked as a correspondent for the Televisa TV network, was the most prominent of the more than two dozen reporters and editors slain nationwide since 2000. To his frightened colleagues, his murder confirmed a chilling fact: Mexico, in the grips of an escalating drug war, has become the world's second-deadliest country for journalists after Iraq. Para leer el documento completo presione aquí
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