Lourdes Maldonado López

Lourdes Maldonado López (11 February 1954– 23 January 2022) was a Mexican journalist.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maldonado and the second or maternal family name is López.

Life and career

Throughout her career, Maldonado López had worked at several Mexican media outlets including Primer Sistema de Noticias, which is owned by former Baja California Governor Jaime Bonilla.[1]

Maldonado López had been involved in a years-long labor dispute with PSN and Bonilla after suing the company for unfair dismissal and unpaid wages. Maldonado López was asking for more than $20,000 in back pay.[2]

She asked Andrés Manuel López Obrador for protection at a press conference in 2019.[3]

In January 2022, she won a lawsuit.[4] Days later, on 23 January, she was murdered at her home in Tijuana.[5][6] She was the third of four journalists killed in Mexico in January 2022, in what was reportedly the most violent month for journalists since 2011.[7]

References
  1. January 25, Katie Campione; Pm, 2022 09:14. "Slain Journalist's Dog Seen Lying Outside Her Home Seemingly Waiting for Her in Heartbreaking Images". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. January 25, Katie Campione; Pm, 2022 09:14. "Slain Journalist's Dog Seen Lying Outside Her Home Seemingly Waiting for Her in Heartbreaking Images". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "Asesinan a Lourdes Maldonado, la periodista que pidió protección a AMLO en una rueda de prensa". abc (in Spanish). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. Karol Suarez and David von Blohn. "Mexican journalist Lourdes Maldonado López, who feared for her life, killed in Tijuana". CNN. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. "Mexico violence: Third journalist killed this year". BBC News. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  6. "Slain Journalist's Dog Seen Lying Outside Her Home Seemingly Waiting for Her in Heartbreaking Images". www.msn.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. "Mexican journalists shocked with surge in targeted killings". BBC News. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.


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