[9] Anabel Flores Salazar worked as a freelance reporter for the newspaper El Sol de Orizaba at the time of her death.

However, due to her investment in a vehicle that seemed to be out of her price range, Salazar's boss thought she was secretly working with criminals to gain more money.

[12] On Monday, 8 February 2016, fifteen days after giving birth to her baby, Anabel Flores Salazar was abducted from her home.

[4] Her corpse was located thirty minutes from her home in Mariano Escobedo, in the state of Puebla alongside the Cuacnopalan-Tehuacan highway.

The criminals stated they carried a warrant for the arrest of Anabel Flores Salazar as they aimed their weapons at the family.

[12] In addition, in the days following Salazar's murder, a newspaper that she had previously worked for, El Buen Tono, was being threatened with arson by alleged members of the drug gang, Los Zetas.

[9][14] Salazar's murder had an impact internationally due to Governor Duarte's false accusations of her involvement with a member of Los Zetas.

In the name of justice and in order to promote safer working conditions for journalists, I call on the authorities to investigate this crime and bring its perpetrators to trial.

"[4] A spokesperson for the Committee to Protect Journalists, Carlos Lauría, said, "The administration of Governor Javier Duarte Ochoa has a dismal record of impunity and has been incapable and unwilling to prosecute crimes against the press.

We urge federal authorities to take over the investigation into Anabel Flores Salazar's murder, seriously look her journalism as a possible motive, and bring all those responsible to justice.

"[2][5] The European Union said, "The Delegation and the Embassies of the Member States of the European Union in Mexico trust that the competent Mexican authorities will carry out an investigation expeditious, transparent and effective to clarify the facts, to identify and to judge the culprits, considering among other reasons those linked to the exercise of their profession.