Gunmen Kidnap Journalist in Mexican Gulf State

MEXICO CITY – A journalist was taken away from her house Monday in the Mexican Gulf state of Veracruz and her whereabouts is unknown, police said.

Anabel Flores Salazar, a police reporter for the El Sol de Orizaba newspaper, was kidnapped in a residential area in Mariano Escobedo, a city located in Veracruz’s mountainous central region.

The system for locating missing reporters was activated as soon as Flores Salazar’s kidnapping was reported, the State Commission for the Assistance and Protection of Journalists said in a statement.

The multi-agency system coordinates the efforts of the Veracruz Public Safety Secretariat, Attorney General’s Office and State Commission for the Assistance and Protection of Journalists.

Flores Salazar’s relatives were contacted and offered assistance, the commission said.

El Sol de Orizaba is owned by Organizacion Editorial Mexicana, or OEM.

Managers and journalists at the daily El Buen Tono, which covers Cordoba and Orizaba, have received threatening phone calls in the past few hours from individuals claiming to be members of the Zetas drug cartel.

The callers warned that they would burn down the newspaper’s offices in retaliation for stories it published and state police are now guarding El Buen Tono’s headquarters.

Veracruz is one of the most dangerous states in Mexico for members of the press, with 15 journalists murdered there during Gov. Javier Duarte’s 2010-2016 term.

Police Arrest 6, Rescue 22 Women Being Sexually Exploited in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY – Federal District Attorney’s Office agents arrested six suspects and rescued 22 women who were being sexually exploited in the Mexico City borough of Xochimilco, officials said.

A tip from the public led to raids on two bars operating in Xochimilco, located south of downtown Mexico City, the DA’s office said in a statement.

The owner of the bars and one of his business partners were among those arrested on sexual exploitation charges.

The four men arrested in the raids were taken to the Reclusorio Preventivo Norte prison, while the two female suspects were sent to the Santa Martha Acatitla women’s prison.

The raids targeted a bar in the San Antonio neighborhood, where 16 adult females were rescued and four suspects – three men and a woman – arrested.

Another raid at an establishment in the Xaltocan neighborhood resulted in the arrests of a man and a woman, while six women were rescued.

The women, who were mostly from Mexico City and the states of Guerrero, Nuevo Leon and Veracruz, identified all the suspects as being involved in forcing them to ply patrons with drinks in exchange for commissions, perform private dances and engage in prostitution

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