The Committee to Protect Journalists says the four journalists were abducted from the Laguna region, which includes the violence filled state of Durango
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Journalist freedom campaigners have urged the Mexican government to find four journalists reported as missing on Monday, claiming they are being held hostage by a criminal group.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says the four journalists were abducted from the Laguna region, which includes the violence filled state of Durango. According to reports , the four include two cameramen from the Televisa network, a reporter for Multimedios television and a reporter for the newspaper El Vespertino.
Three of them are believed to have been forced into waiting vehicles at around midday after covering protests at a detention centre, while the fourth was taken that night.
The CPJ say the criminal group responsible have since reportedly demanded press coverage of their videos in exchange for the journalists' release, although Milenio, which owns Multimedios, claim they have already complied with the damand..
Carlos Lauría, CPJ's Americas senior program coordinator said the latest kidnapping "must not go unpunished".
"We urge state and federal authorities to do everything in their power to locate the four missing journalists and bring them to safety," he said in a release . "Mexican journalists are paying a terrible price for their work, and authorities must send a clear message that this brutal action will not go unpunished."
According to CPJ research, Mexico is one of the world's most dangerous countries for the press, with more than 30 journalists having been killed or gone missing since 2006.
