Jorge Celestino Ruiz Vázquez

Year: 2019

Nationality: Mexico

Killed by: Government Officials

Location: Actopán, Mexico

Press organization: El Gráfico

What's Jorge Celestino Ruiz Vázquez's story?

Jorge Celestino Ruiz Vázquez, a reporter for the newspaper El Gráfico, was shot dead on August 2, 2019 in the eastern state of Veracruz. Unidentified attackers shot the reporter in a convenience store that he owned in La Bocanita, a small town in Actopán, at approximately 9:15 p.m, according to police statements given to the Mexico City paper El Universal and other news reports.

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