Ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year as violence against media soars

Murder of veteran Luis Enrique Ramirez - found in bag beside road - brings estimated death toll of journalists in president's term to 34

A Mexican journalist has been found dead in Sinaloa state, authorities say, marking the ninth death of a media worker in a unprecedentedly bloody year for the country which has drawn international scrutiny.

Luis Enrique Ramirez, a veteran journalist and columnist at El Debate, was found dead on the side of a highway, the state's attorney general said on Twitter.