Mexican journalist killed in family quarrel

By IANS/EFE,

Mexico City : The journalist found dead earlier this week in the northern border city of Tijuana was fatally shot by his son-in-law, Mexican authorities said.


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Ramon Abel Lopez Aguilar, 53, was a photographer and editor of the news web site Tijuana Informativo.

His son-in-law, 22-year-old Raul Vazquez Hernandez, confessed to shooting Lopez Aguilar, Baja California state prosecutor Abel Galvan told a press conference in Tijuana.

Vazquez Hernandez said he shot his father-in-law twice in the head during a heated argument as they were sitting inside a vehicle, according to Galvan.

Both men had been drinking.

The shooter took Lopez Aguilar, who remained conscious, to a hospital, but left after doctors said they would have to inform police about the shooting.

The victim died minutes later and his son-in-law dumped the body on a street in Tijuana, later telling police that Lopez Aguilar had been kidnapped from his home by unknown assailants.

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