Journalist Hamurabi Huesca Manzano killed in Mexico’s Oaxaca

Conflicting reports emerge on the circumstances of the killing, prompting calls for justice from advocacy groups.

Hamurabi Huesca Manzano is the ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year [Fausto Camacho/AP]

A journalist moonlighting as a taxi driver has been shot dead in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, the ninth killed in the country this year, according to human rights organisation Article 19.

Hamurabi Huesca Manzano, who owned the news website Pinotepa Comunica, was killed on Friday after an armed group opened fire on him and two others, according to the state prosecutor’s report.

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The office said one line of inquiry suggests that a dispute happened between local criminal groups, and that the intended target of the shooting was a man known as “El Dario”.

El Dario, infamous for instigating violence on the Oaxaca coast, was wounded in the shooting and died in hospital hours later. According to prosecutors, Huesca Manzano was working as a taxi driver, waiting to take El Dario somewhere else when the journalist was shot dead.

The prosecutor’s office says the attackers have been “fully identified”, but did not name them or say whether Huesca Manzano’s journalistic work played any role.

Local reports give differing accounts of where the attack happened, as well; a number of them say Huesca Manzano was shot at his home and that a woman was also injured.

Article 19 condemned the killing and said on X: “We demand that the prosecutor’s office treat his journalistic work as a priority in its investigation.”

The mayor of San Miguel Tlacamama, Antonio Olmedo Mendoza, confirmed Manzano’s death and offered condolences in a statement, local media reported.

“With deep sorrow, I regret the passing of Hamurabi Sinclair Huesca Manzano,” he said, adding that he joined the grief of his family, friends and colleagues.

Mexico is notorious for being one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, with more than 150 media workers killed there since 1994, according to Reporters Without Borders.

关于这起杀人事件的具体情况，各方报道莫衷一是，引发了维权团体要求伸张正义的呼声。

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据人权组织“第十九条”称，一名兼职出租车司机的记者在墨西哥南部瓦哈卡州被枪杀，这是该国今年第九起枪击案。

据州检察官报告，拥有新闻网站 Pinotepa Comunica 的 Hamurabi Huesca Manzano 于周五被一群武装分子开枪打死，当时他和另外两人遭到枪击。

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该办公室表示，其中一条调查线索表明，当地犯罪团伙之间发生了争执，而枪击事件的预定目标是绰号“埃尔·达里奥”的男子。

因在瓦哈卡海岸煽动暴力而臭名昭著的埃尔·达里奥在枪击事件中受伤，数小时后在医院不治身亡。据检察官称，韦斯卡·曼萨诺当时是一名出租车司机，正准备送埃尔·达里奥去别的地方，却不幸遭到枪击身亡。

检察官办公室表示，袭击者已被“完全确认身份”，但没有透露他们的姓名，也没有说明韦斯卡·曼萨诺的新闻工作是否在其中发挥了任何作用。

当地报道对袭击发生的地点也给出了不同的说法；一些报道称，韦斯卡·曼萨诺在家中遭到枪击，一名女子也受了伤。

第十九条谴责了这起杀戮事件，并在 X 上表示：“我们要求检察机关将他的新闻工作作为调查的优先事项。”

据当地媒体报道，圣米格尔特拉卡马市市长安东尼奥·奥尔梅多·门多萨证实了曼萨诺的去世，并在一份声明中表示哀悼。

“我怀着深深的悲痛之情，对 Hamurabi Sinclair Huesca Manzano 的去世表示哀悼，”他说道，并补充说，他与他的家人、朋友和同事一起表达了哀悼之情。

据无国界记者组织称，墨西哥是记者最危险的国家之一，自 1994 年以来已有 150 多名媒体工作者在该国遇害。