This morning he was kidnapped journalist and producer from Morelos Roberto Carlos Figueroa; His lifeless body was found this afternoon in a town in Morelos.
His wife received calls requesting ransom payment; After collecting the required financial amount, he left it in the place indicated by the kidnappers.
However, this afternoon his car was located on a dirt road in the town of Coajomulco; The body of the journalist and another man was found at the scene..
Figueroa directed and hosted the portal “Acá en el Show” and was critical of the governor’s administration. Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo.
Carlos Figueroa’s family had paid a ransom for his release
Reliable sources reported that from 8 in the morning on Friday, April 26, Esmeralda, wife of Roberto Carlos, received a call from her husband asking her to raise money, that “it was fine” but that he needed payment.
“In the background” you could hear the voices of people shouting that they were going to kill him if he told the police; Hours later they contacted her to once again demand the delivery of her money.
She gathered the resource and delivered it to the place where it had been agreed upon within the limits of Cuernavaca with the municipality of OcuilanMexico state.
Information about the kidnapping circulated among colleagues in the press at approximately 2 p.m.; Our sources informed us of the negotiation process and requested the corresponding secrecy to achieve his return home.
His vehicle was located this Friday afternoon on a dirt road in the town of Coajomulco; The identity of Roberto Carlos was confirmed by sources from the State Attorney General’s Office.
Later, the Government of Morelos issued a statement regretting the events and demanding that the Prosecutor’s Office deepen the investigations to find those responsible.
We strongly condemn the kidnapping and murder of journalist Roberto Carlos Figueroa in Morelos. His commitment to freedom of expression made him a reference. We demand justice and an end to violence against communicators. Our condolences. pic.twitter.com/5ARomisee4
— ONEA Mexico (@oneamexico) April 27, 2024
Murders of journalists in Morelos
In September 2021, the journalist was murdered with a shot to the head. Manuel González Garcíaspecialized in red note.
In 2019, the activist and journalist Samir Flores He was murdered at the door of his home; From that place he broadcast on the community radio station. He was a strong critic of the Huesca thermoelectric plant.
In May 2012, the journalist was murdered Rene Ortahis body was abandoned inside the trunk of his own vehicle in the north of the city of Cuernavaca.
