Key facts
- Guerrero state prosecutors opened a murder investigation but have not said how Flores was killed or confirmed any arrests.
- Enfoque Informativo said the killing was a direct attack on freedom of expression and urged a thorough, transparent inquiry.
- Article 19 has documented 181 cases of attacks on reporters in Mexico since 2000, including six in the first seven months of 2026.
- Reporters Without Borders ranked Mexico the second-most dangerous place to work for journalists after Gaza in 2025.
Mexican authorities said on November 15, 2026, that they had launched a murder investigation into the death of journalist Eduardo Flores, who covered security, social issues and missing persons from the coastal city of Acapulco.
Flores' employer, Enfoque Informativo, said his body was found on the night of November 14 on the outskirts of Acapulco, a resort city in southern Guerrero state. Guerrero's state prosecutors' office has opened a murder investigation but has not said how Flores was killed or confirmed any arrests.
"This attack not only takes the life of a colleague, friend, and valuable human being; it constitutes a direct attack on freedom of expression," Enfoque Informativo said in a statement. "They will not silence us. We will continue to report with the same determination and professional ethics that characterized the work of Eduardo Flores Salado." The outlet called on state prosecutors to run a thorough and transparent investigation to hold those responsible to account.
Mexico consistently ranks among the deadliest countries for reporters. London-based advocacy group Article 19 has documented 181 such cases since 2000, many concentrated in states with a strong presence of organized crime groups, including six in the first seven months of 2026. The murders are rarely solved, and in 2025 Reporters Without Borders ranked Mexico the second-most dangerous place to work for journalists after Gaza.
Flores' death follows that of Roxana Guzman, who directed the Veracruz crime news outlet Pulso Informativo del Sureste. A video she recorded of masked men breaking down her front door before her abduction on June 2 was widely shared on social media, and her remains were found a month later.