Veracruz, Mexico – About 200 people marched in the eastern Mexican city of Poza Rica to demand justice for newspaper editor Raul Gibb on the anniversary of his death on Saturday.
Gunmen ambushed and shot dead Gibb, of the La ap daily, as drove to his home in a village near Poza Rica, about 140 miles (220 kilometers) northeast of Mexico City.
A year after his death, federal detectives assigned to the case have still not arrested any suspects.
“Up until now there is nothing. There is no advance in the investigation, just pure speculations,” said La ap editor Abel Andrade, who helped organize the demonstration along with Gibb’s family members.
Detectives and media groups have said Gibb’s killing could be connected to reports he wrote on drug traffickers or to reports on a gasoline contraband ring.
Media groups say that Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the Western Hemisphere to be a journalist, largely because of violent drug cartels. Since 2004, nine journalists have been killed and another has disappeared.
In February, armed gunmen opened fire and launched a grenade at the offices of El Manana, a daily newspaper in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, severely injuring reporter Jaime Orozco Tey.
Three weeks later, President Vicente Fox named a university law professor to the new post of special prosecutor for crimes against journalists.
