Mexican photojournalist was shot dead in the city of Tijuana
It is the first recorded death of a Mexican journalist in 2022.
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TIJUANA (Mexico) – Mexican photojournalist Margarito Martínez Esquivel was shot to death on Monday outside his home in the city of Tijuana.
The photojournalist known as "the 4-4", who collaborated with different local print and digital media, had entered the Protection Protocol for Journalists after a man accused them on social networks and without foundation, of collaborating with some portals that do apology to organized crime.
According to the first reports, Martínez Esquivel was next to a vehicle outside his home when a person shot him several times, then flee to an unknown direction.
Due to the shots, paramedics from the...