page_title: Víctor Manuel Báez
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Víctor Manuel Báez / Death
caption_attribution_description: Parque Juárez, Xalapa, Veracruz
context_page_description: Víctor Manuel Báez Chino was a Mexican crime journalist and editor for the digital edition of the Milenio newspaper in Xalapa and an editor for the crime-oriented website Reporteros Policiacos. Báez was abducted 13 June 2012 and found murdered the next day in the main city square of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
  While he was the fifth journalist killed in the state of Veracruz in a two-month period in 2012, he was the ninth journalists killed in Veracruz since March 2011 as a result of the Mexican Drug War. At the time of his murder, six journalists had been killed in Mexico in 2012.
context_section_description: Víctor Manuel Báez was kidnapped by three armed men in a gray van outside of the offices of Reporteros Policiacos at around 11 p.m. when he was leaving work 13 June 2012. Báez was found murdered the next day. His body had been dumped on a street by Parque Juárez in the center of Xalapa, which is the capital of Veracruz state.
  Los Zetas drug cartel took responsibility for his murder in a note was left by his body, which read, "This is what happens to traitors and those who act smart. Sincerely, the Zetas."
caption: Báez's corpse was found on a street named after Úrsulo Galván and near Parque Juárez (pictured), Xalapa, which was close to his office.[5]
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