Juan Carlos Muñiz
{{short description|Mexican journalist and murder victim}}
{{for|the professional baseball player|J. C. Muñiz}}
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| death_place = Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
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Juan Carlos Muñiz ({{circa}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/04/seventh-journalist-killed-mexico|title=Reporter killed in Mexico to become seventh journalist killing this year|accessdate=2022-03-05|last=City|first=Associated Press in Mexico|date=2022-03-04|website=the Guardian|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-asesinan-mexico-periodista-juan-carlos-muniz-estado-zacatecas-20220305025242.html|title=Asesinan en México al periodista Juan Carlos Muñiz en el estado de Zacatecas|accessdate=2022-03-05|date=2022-03-05|publisher=Europa Press}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/0403/mexico/asesinan-a-periodista-juan-carlos-muniz-en-zacatecas/|title=Asesinan a periodista Juan Carlos Muñiz en Zacatecas|accessdate=2022-03-05|website=Aristegui Noticias}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/asesinan-juan-carlos-muniz-reportero-de-testigo-minero-en-fresnillo-zacatecas|title=Asesinan a Juan Carlos Muñiz, reportero de Testigo Minero, en Fresnillo, Zacatecas|accessdate=2022-03-05|date= 2022-03-04|website=El Universal|language=es}}
The killing of Juan Carlos Muñiz{{Cite web |date=9 March 2022 |title=Mexican journalist Juan Carlos Muñiz shot dead in Zacatecas |url=https://cpj.org/2022/03/mexican-journalist-juan-carlos-muniz-shot-dead-in-zacatecas/ |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=Committee to Protect Journalists}} was condemned by the Director-General of the UNESCO Audrey Azoulay in a press-release published on 14 March 2022.{{Cite web |date=14 March 2022 |title=Director-General condemns killing of Mexican journalist, Juan Carlos Muñiz |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/director-general-condemns-killing-mexican-journalist-juan-carlos-muniz |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=UNESCO}} According to global monitoring on the safety of journalists by the Observatory of Killed journalist, Muñiz is the 6th media professional killed in Mexico in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Observatory of Killed Journalists |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/safety-journalists/observatory?hub=72609 |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=UNESCO}}
See also
References
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{{Mexican Drug War}}
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Category:Assassinated Mexican journalists
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Deaths by firearm in Mexico
Category:Journalists killed in the Mexican Drug War
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