1. Venezuela's regime yesterday started a criminal investigation against opposition leaders Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado, opening the door to their arrest.
The attorney general's office says Machado and González committed alleged insurrection in a statement yesterday asking for the armed forces to refrain from repressing anti-government protesters.
The Venezuelan government, which claims President Nicolás Maduro was re-elected for a third term without showing proof, has in the past jailed several opposition candidates and figures.
He's at least the third reporter murdered so far this year in Mexico, considered by international organizations the most dangerous place for journalists outside of outright war zones.
Martínez Noguez was under a government protection program that includes panic buttons and police details but that's been criticized as underfunded and ineffective.
