Breitbart, a conservative multimedia news-gathering agency, is mourning the loss of reporter Gerry Aranda whose body was pulled out of the Pacific Ocean in Chiapas, Mexico last week.
Aranda was on assignment in Mexico investigating the spread of the Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) and the group’s local affiliate, a self-defense organization calling themselves “Los Machetes.”
Aranda, 43, was also investigating the narco-politics behind the Haitian migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico Border.
“Gerry was on a brave mission to bring light to what is happening at our border and in Mexico,” said Larry Solov, CEO of Breitbart News. “His courage was inspiring, and he will be deeply missed by his Breitbart family.
Aranda began his work with Breibart five years ago with the Cartel Chronicles Project which allows Mexican journalists and others to write under pseudonyms so they can report truthfully without being murdered by the cartels
In 2012, Aranda joined Telemundo San Antonio as a news producer and moved on to anchor and management positions with Telemundo Lubbock, Telemundo Las Vegas, Univision Corpus Christi, Univision South Texas, and KRGV-ABC.
