TIJUANA, Mexico — The mother of slain photojournalist Margarito Martínez Esquivel asked Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, Mexico's deputy interior minister responsible for human rights, for justice Thursday during a forum in Tijuana about the failed system meant to protect journalists.
"I only ask for justice. All I want to ask of you is justice for my son because my son, sir, was a good man. He was dedicated to his work and his family," said Eglantina Esquivel, who also worked at one time as a reporter and journalist in Tijuana and Baja California.
At a forum to sign a collaboration agreement between the Baja California state government and the federal government to better protect journalists, Encinas stressed the necessity for both levels of government to coordinate with each other to end violence against journalists.
