Xalapa, Veracruz.- One day after being deprived of his freedom, police reporter Ricardo Villanueva Ake was found alive this Tuesday.
This was confirmed by the State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists (CEAPP), through a statement.
“After the coordinated efforts of this Autonomous Organization, the Secretary of Public Security of the State, the Federal Protection Mechanism, the State Attorney General’s Office and the National Guard, the location of the Pozarrican communicator alive was achieved,” said the CEAPP.
Once Ricardo was found, the protection protocol and immediate medical attention were established, added that commission.
“The family appreciates the expressions of solidarity and support from the state’s journalistic community and from this CEAPP the efforts of the State to meet the localization objective are recognized,” it is specified.
The CEAPP mentions that during the operation to locate the journalist, arrests and seizures were achieved, thanks to intelligence and field work.
The investigations in this regard continue by the FGE to clarify the facts and find all those responsible for the event, adds the agency
Veracruz media report that Ricardo has injuries from blows.
They detail that he was “raised” by an armed group, when he was in a workshop where they fixed his motorcycle; It is said that those who took him identified themselves as ministerial police.
Relatives and journalists commented that after learning of his disappearance, they began an intense search, since the authorities of the municipality of Poza Rica and some federal authorities did not give their support “for a long time.”
that there was warning
The version is also published that Ricardo, a reporter for the Presente Veracruz newspaper, received notices in the sense that he was about to take a “levantón” from a journalist, but he did not specifically say his name.
It is added that the warning came from the Poza Rica Public Security Commissioner, identified as Ezequiel González, who allegedly told Ricardo to “behave well, because they were going to pick up a journalist,” publishes Sdp Noticias.
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