Journalists Keep Getting Killed in Mexico After Posting on Facebook

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Half of the eight journalists murdered in Mexico this year posted on Facebook hours before they were killed. Nearly all of them relied on the platform to publicize their stories.

MEXICO CITY — In the final hours of Fredy López Arévalo’s life, he posted pictures and videos to Facebook of his family gathering around a big table celebrating his mother’s 83rd birthday. “Coconut punch for the birthday girl!,” López wrote just before 5 p.m. on October 28.

As he came home from the party three hours later, López was shot dead by a single bullet to the head. His killer was waiting for him as he pulled up to his house in San Cristóbal de las Casas, in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. López was lifting a box of avocados out of the trunk of his car when a man emerged from the shadows and pulled the trigger. The father of six died on the spot.

Journalists Keep Getting Killed in Mexico After Posting on Facebook

 

[Temujin]

Journalists Keep Getting Killed in Mexico After Posting on Facebook

I'm astonished it is only half. That means that half the journalists killed had not posted on Facebook for hours. How likely is this? What proportion of journalists are not active Facebook posters?

In a similar vein, you could argue that half the murdered journalists in Mexico had drunk a cup of coffee within a few hours of their death. Spooky, or just completely unrelated? What point are you trying to make about Facebook posts, journalists and/or Mexico?

 

[Temujin]

It's a little more significant to have multiple people die after posting to Facebook vs drinking coffee. In my opinion, at least. One could understand social media being scanned for potential crime victims. The newspapers used to be read by thieves, looking for funerals and then targeting the family's home while they're at the service, etc.

With all the stories about social media, this one's a little creepier than usual.

I think you would be pushed to find any journalist, anywhere in the world who goes for more than 24 hours without checking Facebook. The same could be said for the majority of people over the age of ten and under fifty. The premise is just not credible to me.

 

[JosephLeo]

It's Mexico, what do you expect? It has one of the highest murder rate in the world and the most brutal. If you're a journalist, it is best not to piss them off if you really value your life. I think it's not because the tabloid reporter posted on facebook they get killed, rather it's their content that gets them killed. Why would you kill someone if they posted something about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. lol

 

[Authentic Nouveau]

It's Mexico, what do you expect? It has one of the highest murder rate in the world and the most brutal. If you're a journalist, it is best not to piss them off if you really value your life. I think it's not because the tabloid reporter posted on facebook they get killed, rather it's their content that gets them killed. Why would you kill someone if they posted something about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. lol

Oh my goodness. Mexico has very strict gun laws.

 

[Yakuda]

I'm astonished it is only half. That means that half the journalists killed had not posted on Facebook for hours. How likely is this? What proportion of journalists are not active Facebook posters?

In a similar vein, you could argue that half the murdered journalists in Mexico had drunk a cup of coffee within a few hours of their death. Spooky, or just completely unrelated? What point are you trying to make about Facebook posts, journalists and/or Mexico?

It's quite simple Facebook like mexico is a sewer

 

[Temujin]

It's quite simple Facebook like mexico is a sewer

Both draining into the US.