MEXICO CITY—A Mexican journalist was killed in the southeastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the government said on Thursday — the latest victim in a wave of violence in one of the world’s most dangerous countries for reporters.
Leobardo Vazquez, who worked for the newspaper Enlace, was shot dead Wednesday night in the municipality of Gutierrez Zamora at his home, where he also had sold tacos, state prosecutors said in a statement.