Ricardo Sánchez Pérez del Pozo, the Federal Special Prosecutor for Attention to Crimes against Freedom of Expression, expressed that his office had opened a case file for the murder to determine whether it was related to the victim's work as a journalist.
The Honduran consul in Mexico asks the state prosecutor to investigate and to not let the crime go unpunished. The situation is almost as dangerous as Rivera's native Honduras, where 69 journalists have been killed since 2003. More journalists have been murdered in Veracruz than the rest of Mexico it is now the deadliest region for media in the Western hemisphere. Paz was the seventh journalist killed this year in Mexico, where more than 100 reporters have been murdered since 2000. It is not immediately clear exactly how long Rivera had been in Acayucan before his death the town lies on a heavily used route for migrants fleeing violence who are preyed on by organized crime groups. Soon after Padilla's murder, Rivera fled his home country for Acayucan in fear for his life.
Padilla had covered crime and also hosted the humorous television show "Los Verduleros", which Rivera was the cameraman for.
The men who murdered Padilla are suspected members of Mara 18. Article 1 of its Constitution requires the Organization to “further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.Igor Padilla, a colleague of Rivera's, was shot in January by four men wearing police uniforms in the northern Honduras city of San Pedro Sula. UNESCO is the United Nations agency with a mandate to defend freedom of expression and press freedom. The Director-General of UNESCO issues statements on the killing of media workers in line with Resolution 29 adopted by UNESCO Member States at the Organization’s General Conference of 1997, entitled “Condemnation of Violence against Journalists.” These statements are posted on a dedicated webpage, UNESCO condemns the killing of journalists. Rivera Paz is reported to have sought refuge in Mexico because he feared for his life after the killing in January this year of Igor Padilla, the director and producer of a programme Rivera Paz had worked for on Honduran national television broadcaster HCH. Freedom of expression and freedom of information in the region will remain threatened as long as impunity is allowed to prevail for crimes against journalists and media workers.” “I call for a thorough investigation into this crime. “I condemn the murder of Edwin Rivera Paz,” the Director-General said. The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today denounced the murder of Edwin Rivera Paz, the Honduran journalist who was killed on 9 July in the town Acayucan, in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs.
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