A newspaper delivery worker from a Mexican publication in the country鈥檚 cartel stronghold of Sinaloa was kidnapped on Saturday, the newspaper said, two days after shots were fired at its offices.
It is the latest of attacks in Sinaloa state -- the bastion of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin 鈥楨l Chapo鈥� Guzman and his sons -- where almost 200 people have been murdered since early September.
Unknown assailants kidnapped the man at dawn when he was about to deliver copies of the newspaper.
He was 鈥榩ulled from his motorcycle by people in a car鈥� and 鈥榳as deprived of his freedom,鈥� El Debate said in a post on X.
Freedom of expression non profit organization Art铆culo 19 called on Mexican federal and state authorities to 鈥榗oordinate urgently鈥� to locate the worker 鈥榓live鈥�.
On Thursday gunmen opened fire on the El Debate newspaper offices in the state capital of Culiacan.
Rampant cartel-related violence makes Mexico one of the world鈥檚 most dangerous countries for journalists.
More than 150 members of the media have been killed in the Latin American nation since 2000, according to rights group Reporters Without Borders.聽
