Bodies of missing photographers found

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 6 May 2012

The bodies of two missing photographers, Gabriel Huge and Luna Varela, were found in Boca del Río near Veracruz. They had been reported missing after being sent to cover a road accident. Two other bodies, including Luna’s partner Irasema Becerra, were also found.

Summary

VERACRUZ, Mexico: The bodies of two missing news photographers, Gabriel Huge and Luna Varela, were found on World Press Freedom Day, in plastic bags beside a canal in Boca del Río, a suburb of the eastern port city of Veracruz. According to watchdog Reporters without Borders, they had been reported missing the day before after being asked to cover a road accident. The discovery of the bodies came just five days after magazine reporter Regina Martínez was found murdered in Xalapa, the nearby capital of the state of Veracruz. Huge used to work for the newspaper Notiver while Luna worked for the Veracruznews agency and covered crime stories for three other local media. The bodies of two other persons were found with those of Huge and Luna. One was Luna’s partner, Irasema Becerra, who worked in the sales department of the newspaper El Dictamen. The other was Esteban Rodríguez, a former news photographer who retired last year after Notiver journalist Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz’s murder. See more here:

http://en.rsf.org/mexico-veracruz-journalist-s-murder-30-04-2012,42404.html

KEY POINTS:

• Gabriel Huge and Luna Varela were found dead in Boca del Río, Veracruz, in plastic bags beside a canal.
• They were reported missing a day earlier after being assigned to cover a road accident, according to Reporters Without Borders.
• The discovery occurred on World Press Freedom Day, days after reporter Regina Martínez was found murdered in Xalapa.
• Two additional bodies were found at the scene, including Irasema Becerra and former photographer Esteban Rodríguez.