Mexico: Another journalist killed in Veracruz state

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities said Thursday a local journalist was shot to death outside his home in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the country's deadliest for reporters in recent years.

The newspaper he worked for, El Pinero de la Cuenca, published an editorial saying Tamayo "documented the acts of violence and social protest in his hometown" and had also reported extensively on crime.

All those killings have occurred during the administration of Gov. Javier Duarte, who has at times sought to blame journalists for the violence and suggested some had ties to the drug cartels that frequently fight turf battles in the state.