- Title: National Geographic journalist injured in shootout in Mexico -local authorities
- Date: 5th October 2019
- Summary: FORENSICS AT CRIME SCENE FORENSICS VAN CORDONED OFF CRIME SCENE POLICE CAR AND FORENSICS' VAN CORDONED OFF AREA GENERAL OF CRIME SCENE POLICE CAR CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (OCTOBER 5, 2019) (REUTERS) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CHIHUAHUA'S NORTHERN ZONE, JORGE ARNOLDO NAVA DURING INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CHIHUAHUA'S NORTHERN ZONE, JORGE ARNOLDO NAVA, SAYING: "We can determine that the crime scene had been set up like a recording set. Various video cameras, some lamps were secured and this is how the investigation begins. We can say there were various Americans there who were recording a documentary about violence in Ciudad Juarez and specifically on drug trafficking issues." ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE LOGO (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CHIHUAHUA'S NORTHERN ZONE, JORGE ARNOLDO NAVA, SAYING: "We are told that at least one of them received a bullet on one of the lower limbs but is out of danger and was discharged in the early hours of today and has been provided with security so that the four can go back to El Paso, Texas. Their statements have already been taken. We have some data of the interviews where they (Nat Geo crew) themselves report they arrived in Mexico in previous days, specifically, Ciudad Juarez. They began to contact -by their own means- members of organised crime aiming to record a documentary." CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (OCTOBER 4, 2019) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH INJURED JOURNALIST WAS TAKEN TO PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE LOCAL HOSPITAL EXTERIOR LOCAL HOSPITAL
- Embargoed: 19th October 2019 21:07
- Keywords: shot in the leg interviewing interview killed four armed men journalist National Geographic alleged drug dealer Mexico local prosecutors
- Location: CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO
- City: CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA003AZTLU13
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A National Geographic journalist was shot in the leg in Mexico late Friday (October 4) while interviewing an alleged drug dealer, who was killed when four armed men stormed in on the interview, local prosecutors said.
The journalist was part of a team of four from the international magazine who were recording the interview when the shootout occurred, according to a statement from the Attorney General's office of Chihuahua state.
It said the journalist was taken to a local hospital for treatment and that the rest of the team were being protected by the Attorney General's office.
The statement said the address where the interview took place had previously been searched by authorities in connection with the killing of two members of a criminal group there.
It said Friday's incident was under investigation "to find those responsible." It did not name the journalists or the alleged drug dealer.
Representatives from National Geographic did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The northern border state of Chihuahua is among Mexico's most violent, ranking sixth among the country's 32 departments and entities for homicides in 2018, according to government data.
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