Journalist Adriano Bachega Murdered in Nuevo León

Adriano Bachega Olvera, a 53-year-old Argentine journalist who became a naturalized Mexican citizen and was editor-in-chief of the news portal Diario Digital Online, was shot to death at around 9:45 a.m. on December 3, 2024, while driving his car on Lázaro Cárdenas Avenue, on the border between the municipalities of Monterrey and San Pedro Garza García, in Nuevo León.

According to witness testimonies, cited by local media, armed men pulled up alongside the car driven by the victim – the third journalist killed during the government headed by Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo – and then shot at him repeatedly and fled the scene of the crime.

The journalist’s car – a recent model gray BYD Auto, with license plates 45S-224 from the state of Nuevo León – was left across the avenue near the central median after hitting a central median, which caused traffic congestion.

Agents from Fuerza Civil, Ministerial Police, and elements of the National Guard arrived at the scene, which, after cordoning off the area, managed to count about ten bullet casings, and an assault rifle.

For their part, paramedics confirmed that the occupant of the vehicle no longer showed vital signs, while elements of the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Nuevo León (FGJNL) began the investigation tasks.

According to his profile on the social network LinkedIn, Bachega Olvera was editor-in-chief of the ‘Diario Digital Online’, since June 2023, a web portal that describes itself as “a 100% Mexican journalistic group”, whose objective is “to report on the most relevant events in Nuevo León, Mexico and the world”.

The communicator also had a website called “Directo al grano” (Straight to the point), where he shared notes of his authorship. In addition to having practiced journalism, Bachega Olvera described himself as a lecturer, who specialized in business consulting, SME administration and social media management.

On Sunday, December 1, 2024, an attack was reported against Victoria García Álvarez, a reporter for the local news portal Marmat Noticias, who was injured after she was intercepted on an avenue in the Montemorelos municipality, by armed people who shot at the van in which she was traveling.

With a wound in her arm, García Álvarez, 32 years old, managed to reach the offices of the State Investigation Agency, where she was treated by the authorities.

Sources: Zeta Tijuana, El Horizonte