Juan Carlos Muñiz

Juan Carlos Muñiz (c. 1984 – 4 March 2022) was a Mexican journalist who covered crimes for the website Testigo Minero. He was the seventh journalist to be murdered in Mexico in 2022.[1][2]

For the professional baseball player, see J. C. Muñiz.
Juan Carlos Muñiz
Bornc. 1984
Died (aged 37)
Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
OccupationJournalist
OrganizationTestigo Minero

Biography

Muñiz studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Fresnillo. He was a crime writer and Muñiz was shot and killed while riding home from work in a taxi for reporting on a recent crime in the city of Fresnillo. His death shocked the state of Zacatecas, and mobilized people to protest his death.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. City, Associated Press in Mexico (2022-03-04). "Reporter killed in Mexico to become seventh journalist killing this year". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. Press, Europa (2022-03-05). "Asesinan en México al periodista Juan Carlos Muñiz en el estado de Zacatecas". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  3. "Asesinan a periodista Juan Carlos Muñiz en Zacatecas". Aristegui Noticias. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  4. "Asesinan a Juan Carlos Muñiz, reportero de Testigo Minero, en Fresnillo, Zacatecas". El Universal (in Spanish). 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2022-03-05.


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