[UPDATE] The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that Salazar was found dead early on Thursday 25 August in Sinaloa near the state capital, Culiacán, with a gunshot wound to the head.

Humberto Millán Salazar, a journalist from the north western state of Sinaloa, Mexico, was kidnapped yesterday. The 53 year old reporter has worked for local media for the last three decades. He is a reporter for a local website notoriously critical of Sinaloa’s local government. Salazar is also a radio broadcaster on Radio Formula, one of the top national radio networks in the country.

The Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Freedom of Speech Gustavo Salas said 13 journalists had disappeared across the country since 2000. Salazar’s disappearance comes only a month after the disappearance and murder of another reporter in the southern state of Veracruz.

A local journalist group Periodistas Siete de Junio released a drawing on its Facebook page demanding the return of Salazar. The group also asked local authorities to ask for federal authorities to help them in the search of Salazar who was an active participant of the group.