Mexico journalist gunned down – the fifth to be killed this year

• Police guard also dies in shooting at restaurant in Guerrero
• More than 120 Mexican journalists killed in 20 years

Press groups have called for justice after unidentified gunmen killed a journalist in southern Mexico, along with a police officer assigned to protect him after a 2016 attack.

Pablo Morrugares was the fifth journalist to be killed in Mexico this year, in attacks which are increasingly killing police guards assigned to the victims. More than 140 journalists have been killed over the past 20 years.