Background
Gaona was born on August 5, 1975, and was graduated from Universidad Mexicoamericana del Norte (UMAN).
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Adrian Gaona
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He was the sixth journalist to be killed in Mexico in 2014. In 1998 he started working as a journalist at Multimedios Estrellas de Oro. He also worked for a group of Tamaulipas radio stations called Producciones González, and broadcast regularly on Louisiana Caliente 93.1 FM, based in Reynosa.
Gaona disappeared on August 13.
His family assumed he had been kidnapped but instead of going to the authorities decided to wait to hear from the kidnappers. But they never did. Both bodies were taken to the morgue at the General Hospital in Reynosa and remained unidentified for several days.
According to one source, Gaona was kidnapped and murdered by local gangsters. The Gulf Cartel, a criminal organization with operations in Reynosa, denied responsibility for the killings.
lieutenant was reported on 1 September that the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) had launched an investigation into Gaona"s death.
Dora Maria Morales stated in an article that Gaona"s murder had caused “a strong sense of indignation” among journalists in Tamaulipas.
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On August 16, members of the Navy found two murdered bodies in a vacant lot, in a place called Ejido Las Anacuas, on the outskirts of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, near the city dump.
