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October 9, 2017

Mexican news photographer found dead day after wife alleges he was abducted by police at gunpoint

By Abbas Panjwani

The body of a Mexican news photographer was found on Friday, a day after he was abducted from his home.

Edgar Daniel Esqueda Castro freelanced for local newspapers in the northern state of San Luis Potosí, occasionally working on crime stories,.

Esqueda Castro’s wife told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that armed men in police uniforms stormed their house on Thursday night and took him away at gunpoint.

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