Photo Auction Raises Money for Another Murdered Mexican Journalist

By: Federico Mastrogiovanni | Vice News

Applause and hoots of laughter can be heard from the steep stairs that lead up to the small room at the Gimnasio de Arte Cultural Center in Mexico City, where an auction to benefit the family of murdered journalist "Goyo" Jiménez is taking place.

This May 3 event was the first time the guild of Mexican journalists has gathered for one specific goal — to financially assist Carmela Hernández, the widow of Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz. Jiménez, affectionately nicknamed Goyo, was kidnapped from his home in the southern state of Veracruz on February 5. He was found six days later in a common grave along with two other bodies, in the nearby city of Las Choapas.