5th journalist killed in Mexico this year

A journalist was shot dead in the southern state of Oaxaca on Thursday, the fifth killed this year in Mexico

MEXICO CITY -- A journalist was shot dead in the southern state of Oaxaca on Thursday, the fifth killed this year in Mexico, the state prosecutor's office said in a statement.

An official with the Oaxaca state security agency, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the victim was Heber López, director of the online news site Noticias Web.

The Oaxaca state prosecutor's office said that two suspects in the killing were in custody and a gun had been recovered from them.

Rodolfo Canseco Gutiérrez, director of the online news site RCP Noticias and a longtime friend of López's, said the journalist covered crime and police news.