Overview
- The restaurant of José Ignacio Santiago Martínez was shot at on Saturday, November 7, 2026, police cordoned the scene and opened an investigation.
- Santiago Martínez shared video showing bullet impacts mainly to the restaurant's windows and said two young men on a motorcycle carried out the attack.
- The journalist says the shooting followed his refusal to pay a 50,000-peso extortion demand and that he had previously reported threats and holds federal protective measures.
- The Fiscalía General del Estado de Oaxaca said specialists on crimes against freedom of expression are working the case and no arrests had been reported at the time of coverage.
- Local press groups condemned the attack, demanded an exhaustive probe and asked the federal protection mechanism to reevaluate safeguards as part of broader concerns over violence and impunity against Mexican journalists.