Journalist Patricia Bunbury Shot To Death In Colima; Second During Sheinbaum’s Administration

Patricia Ramírez González, known as Paty Bunbury, an entertainment journalist, was murdered around 2:00 p.m. on October 30, 2024, when she was in a food business she owned, located on Gabino Barrera 461, in the La Atrevida neighborhood, in Colima, the capital of the same entity.

The State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) of Colima reported, in a statement it called preliminary, published on its Facebook account, that it had opened an investigation into the murder of the woman – the second journalist murdered during the government headed by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo – which occurred in the capital of Colima.

“According to initial investigations, the journalist was in the aforementioned business, where she worked, when an alleged aggressor arrived and fired a firearm at her. Upon arriving at the establishment, the State Police officers found the woman with serious injuries, her death was confirmed on the spot,” the law enforcement agency detailed.

“As a result of these events, the FGE went to the scene to collect evidence, and has begun an exhaustive investigation to clarify the motives of the attack and find those responsible,” the state prosecutor concluded.

Ramírez González, approximately 40 years old, was an independent reporter, who had a blog, in which she reported entertainment news, although she also collaborated with the local newspaper Hechos Pensamiento en Acción. In addition, she was an active member of the civil association Compañeros Periodistas de Colima (COPECO).

Journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís, who directed the digital news outlet Minuto x Minuto, was shot to death around 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in the center of the municipality of Uruapan, Michoacán, shortly after he conducted an interview broadcast live on the social network Facebook with Mayor Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, a Morena political party activist.

The interview conducted by Cruz Solís was to find out more about the recent fire at 66 stores in the Tariácuri market. After the interview, the journalist was shot by a group of men traveling in a van near the House of Culture, located in the center of said municipality.

Source: Zeta Tijuana