The young photographer had fled the state of Veracruz in fear for his life to seek security in Mexico City. On Sunday, his fellow journalists mourned the loss of Ruben Espinosa, shot to death two days earlier in a middle-class neighborhood in the capital.
Espinosa, 31, is the 12th journalist who worked in the state of Veracruz to be killed since 2011. Three more are missing.
Espinosa’s body was found along with those of four women who were also killed late Friday. He had been tied up, his face showed signs of a severe beating, and he had been shot twice in the chest.