They were linked to process three subjects allegedly related to the homicide the photojournalist Alfonso Margarito Martinez Esquivelassassinated in the city of Tijuanain Baja California, last January outside his home.
The control judge issued preventive detention to those indicated as a precautionary measure, in addition to granting a period of six months for the Attorney General of the State of Baja Californiapresent the evidence to incriminate the three subjects.
The alleged co-authors of the murder of photojournalist Margarito Martínez were identified as Christian Adam “N”alias Cape 16 O The jaguar; José “N”, the bonesas well as Adrian Nicholas “N”known as The Uber.
Baja California authorities point out that Cape 16 or The Jaguar contacted the boneswho was ordered to kill margarito martinez and videotape the execution.
the bones contacted The Uberwho ordered the photojournalist to be killed, explaining that it was a job for Christian Adan “N”.
Last January 17the photojournalist margarito martinez, with 20 years of experience in the media, was standing next to a vehicle outside his home when a person shot him several times and then fled. Red Cross paramedics found him dead.
He worked as a photojournalist for the portals Zeta Weekly, Chain News, Citizen Pulse, The Baja California Journey and north pointamong others.
He was known as the 4-4 and he had entered the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists after in a video a man – a reporter also according to local media – accused him of managing pages that exposed criminals.
In the journalistic guild Lower California His work is recognized in the coverage of police events in the city of Tijuana, mainly in the delegation of Sanchez Taboadaconsidered one of the most dangerous in this border region.
The death of Martínez Esquivel was noted as the first of a journalist in Mexico in 2022, in which there are already six homicides against information professionals.
With information from Diario Zeta and López-Dóriga Digital