Mexican reporters plan nationwide protests over journalist killings

Journalists hold framed pictures of late photojournalist Margarito Martinez during a protest for the killings of Margarito and journalist Lourdes Maldonado in the same week, outside the headquarters of the municipal police in Tijuana, Mexico January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican journalists on Tuesday were set to start nationwide protests in 28 cities and towns to denounce the recent murders of three reporters, demanding an end to impunity that has often characterized the killings of their colleagues.

The planned protests follow the murder of seasoned journalist Lourdes Maldonado on Sunday, some three years after she raised the issue of killings with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and said she feared for her life.