{"id":8014,"date":"2023-01-03T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinamericasecurityreport.com\/?p=8014"},"modified":"2023-01-03T19:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T00:55:00","slug":"mexican-journalist-unhurt-in-first-2023-attack-on-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinamericasecurityreport.com\/?p=8014","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Journalist Unhurt in First 2023 Attack on Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/infobae\/6CV2ELOAOJB7XK6SBVYUSKF55Y.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">A journalist in northern Mexico escaped unharmed after a gunman attacked his family\u2019s vehicle in the border state of Sonora in the first reported attempt on a reporter\u2019s life in the country in the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">Sunday\u2019s attack, on the first day of 2023, came after Mexico suffered its worst year of killings of journalists in three decades, with at least 15 slayings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">The media site La Nota Prensa De Sonora said its director, Omar Castro, was attacked on a street in the city of Ciudad Obregon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">Castro was traveling with his daughter and a nephew when bullets were fired at his sports utility vehicle. The SUV had a La Nota Prensa De Sonora sign on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">The site reported the attacker shouted, \u201cI\u2019m going to kill you!\u201d It also posted photos of the bullet-scarred vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">La Nota Prensa De Sonora reports mainly on local politics, as well as entertainment and other news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">Last year, many of slain journalists were small town reporters running their own outlets on a shoestring. Others were freelancers, including for national publications, in big cities like Tijuana.<\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 15, two gunmen astride a motorcycle shot up&nbsp;<a class=\"paragraph-link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mexico-caribbean-558cc55bc786e01a62f90d1a26b70936\">prominent radio and television journalist Ciro G\u00f3mez Leyva\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;s armored vehicle near his Mexico City home. The journalist described the attack and posted photos of his vehicle to social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A journalist in northern Mexico escaped unharmed after a gunman attacked his family\u2019s vehicle in the border state of Sonora in the first reported attempt on a reporter\u2019s life in the country in the new year. 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