Mexican crime journalist and businessman and murder victim
Francisco Arratia
Francisco Arratia Saldierna
Born
1949?
Died
31 August 2004 (age 55)
Matamoros, Mexico (near the U.S. border).
Cause of death
Murder
Body discovered
Outside the Red Cross, Matamoros, Mexico
Nationality
Mexican
Occupation
Journalist/Columnist
Known for
reporting on political corruption, organized crime, and education.
Francisco Arratia Saldierna (1949? – 31 August 2004) was a Mexican journalist and columnist for several Mexican newspapers from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He suffered a heart attack after being badly beaten by a group of men affiliated with the Gulf Cartel,[1] because of his writings about drug trafficking.
Arraita was the third Mexican journalist killed within a six-month period along the US-Mexican border.[2][3] In 2004, International PEN featured Arratia, as well as the other two, Roberto Javier Mora García and Francisco Ortiz Franco, on its annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer.[3]
On 12 September 2012, the Mexican military captured Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez, a.k.a. "El Coss", a major figure in the Gulf Cartel, who had been linked to Arratia's murder and for whom the United States government had offered a $5 million reward.[4][5]
^"Americas | Mexican columnist beaten to death". BBC News. 2004-09-01. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
^Laurence Iliff, Dallas Morning News (2004-09-02). "Nation & World: New wave of attacks targets Mexican journalists". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
^"One of Mexico's most wanted drug kingpins 'captured in Gulf'". The Telegraph (UK). 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
^Adriana Gomez Licon and Olga R. Rodriguez of the Associated Press (2012-09-12). "Mexico: Purported Gulf drug cartel leader caught". The Sun. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
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