Journalist from Mexican news magazine found dead

VERACRUZ, Mexico –The body of a journalist with the national newsmagazine Proceso has been found dead inside her home, authorities here said.

Regina Martinez’s body was found in the bathroom of her house in Xalapa, Veracruz, and that authorities believe she was murdered, said a statement released by the Veracruz Attorney General’s Office.

The statement said the journalist’s body showed signs of “blows to the head and body” and initial evidence suggested she died of asphyxiation.

Martinez was the Xalapa correspondent for Proceso, one of Mexico’s oldest and most respected investigative newsmagazines, and often covered drug trafficking in her stories.

The Attorney General’s Office said that Veracruz Gov. Javier Duarte had ordered an investigation into her death. She was found on Saturday

Authorities provided no motive for her killing.