At least 260 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2006, according to the Government

MADRID, 27 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Government of Mexico has confirmed that in the last 16 years, since 2006, at least 260 journalists have been murdered, 63 of them during the mandate of the current Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

This was confirmed this Thursday by Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, Undersecretary of Human Rights, dependent on the Ministry of the Interior, who has stressed that during the mandate of Felipe Calderón (2006 - 2012) it was when more murders occurred.

To the 63 deaths since December 2018, when López Obrador was sworn in, another 101 deaths must be added under Calderón's mandate, and another 96 between 2012 and 2018, when Enrique Peña Nieto held the Presidency of the North American country.

Likewise, Encinas Rodríguez has denounced that even today there are numerous attacks on professionals "particularly linked to organized crime, corruption and collusion of municipal authorities and criminal groups."

However, the Mexican representative has defended that, unlike other mandates, the López Obrador administration does combat head-on the impunity that, according to him, the authors of these crimes enjoyed, reports 'El Universal'.

Throughout this year, a total of 13 murders of communication professionals have been confirmed, while 32 people have been arrested, another 24 are in legal proceedings and three have already been sentenced.