Juan Carlos Muñiz

Juan Carlos Muñiz was a Mexican journalist who covered crimes for the website Testigo Minero. He was the seventh journalist to be murdered in Mexico in 2022.

Biography

Muñiz studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Fresnillo. He was a crime writer and Muñiz was shot and killed while riding home from work in a taxi for reporting on a recent crime in the city of Fresnillo. His death shocked the state of Zacatecas, and mobilized people to protest his death.
The killing of Juan Carlos Muñiz was condemned by the Director-General of the UNESCO Audrey Azoulay in a press-release published on 14 March 2022. According to global monitoring on the safety of journalists by the Observatory of Killed journalist, Muñiz is the 6th media professional killed in Mexico in 2022.