--- description: A Mexican journalist has been beaten to death in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, the sixth journalist killed in the country this year title: A Reporter Has Been Beaten to Death in Mexico image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt075b637fcaf804f9/698931d14ee2621722311f35/rtx66ra0.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Mexico](/tag/mexico/) ## Mexico Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Reporter Was Beaten to Death in Mexico, Becoming the Sixth Journalist Killed There This Year by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2018 7:30 AM CUT  Hector Gonzalez, a local correspondent for Mexican national daily newspaper Excelsior, is seen in this selfie photo, in Playa Miramar, Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, obtained from social media, uploaded on April 11, 2018. Hector Gonzalez, a local correspondent for Mexican national daily newspaper Excelsior, is seen in this selfie photo, in Playa Miramar, Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, obtained from social media, uploaded on April 11, 2018.Hector Gonzalez's Facebook page—Reuters by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2018 7:30 AM CUT A Mexican journalist has been [beaten](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence/reporter-beaten-to-death-in-northern-mexican-state-of-tamaulipas-idUSKCN1IU2WP?il=0 "undefined") to death in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas Tuesday, the sixth journalist killed in the country this year. The body of Hector Gonzalez, a correspondent for national daily newspaper _Excelsior,_ was found in the state’s capital city of Ciudad Victoria, Reuters reports citing the state attorney general’s office. Gonzalez is the third reporter to be killed in Mexico in the last two weeks, and at least the sixth this year. According to Reporters Without Borders, Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist; at least 11 were [killed](https://rsf.org/en/barometer?year=2017&type%5Fid=233#list-barometre "undefined") in the country in 2017. In January, another reporter was found dead in Tamaulipas, which borders Texas and has long been wracked by gang violence and drug-related crime. Murders in Mexico reached record highs in 2017 according to official data, Reuters reports. With July 1 elections on the horizon, the uptick in violence has damaged the popularity of President Enrique Pena Nieto and fanned support for his leftist opponent, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who currently leads public opinion polls. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5294944/mexico-journalist-beaten-killed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5294944/mexico-journalist-beaten-killed/"},"headline":"A Reporter Was Beaten to Death in Mexico, Becoming the Sixth Journalist Killed There This Year","datePublished":"2018-05-30T07:30:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:24:59.201Z","description":"Hector Gonzalez is the third reporter killed in Mexico the last two weeks, and the sixth this year","url":"https://time.com/5294944/mexico-journalist-beaten-killed/","keywords":["Mexico","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt075b637fcaf804f9/698931d14ee2621722311f35/rtx66ra0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt075b637fcaf804f9/698931d14ee2621722311f35/rtx66ra0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hector Gonzalez, a local correspondent for Mexican national daily newspaper Excelsior, is seen in this selfie photo, in Playa Miramar, Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas","caption":"Hector Gonzalez, a local correspondent for Mexican national daily newspaper Excelsior, is seen in this selfie photo, in Playa Miramar, Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas","creditText":"Hector Gonzalez's Facebook page—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mexico/","name":"Mexico"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5294944/mexico-journalist-beaten-killed/","name":"A Reporter Was Beaten to Death in Mexico, Becoming the Sixth Journalist Killed There This Year"}}]}] ```