Mexican crime reported shot dead in tourist resort

On Thursday, a crime reporter was shot and killed in the beach resort of Playa del Carmen on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, as the authorities said. The latest in a rising death toll of journalists under the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Romero had reported threats against him and recently posted a video saying he had been kidnapped, blindfolded and beaten by unidentified assailants.

State prosecutors said in a statement the motive for the killing was unclear and that investigations were continuing.