Overview
- The Durango state prosecutor’s office confirmed Beltrán’s death to AFP after his body was discovered Saturday along the highway linking Durango and Mazatlán.
- Contexto de Durango reported the body was wrapped in a blanket and said his son identified him.
- Local media said a note beside the body accused him of “spreading false accusations,” a detail CNN noted it could not independently verify.
- Beltrán had moved from print to social media, posting crime coverage on TikTok under the handle Capo and on La Gazzetta Durango’s Facebook page.
- Days before his death, he posted about the arrest of a suspected Cabrera Sarabia gang leader, with Reporters Without Borders counting him as the ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year.