Journalists march to demand return of Mexican TV journalist

MEXICO CITY – Journalists in the Mexican state of Michoacan marched Tuesday to demand the return of a journalist abducted last week, a call that was echoed by the United States ambassador.

Relatives of Salvador Adame also joined the march in Michoacan’s capital Morelia.

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson said via Twitter that the U.S. lamented Adame’s kidnapping and urged Mexican authorities to act quickly to bring him back alive.

Michoacan’s state prosecutor’s office said in a statement Monday that it had joined federal police and the military in searching for Adame, the owner and director of the local channel 6TV. It said it had no record of reports from Adame about receiving threats.

Adame was grabbed by armed men and forced into a vehicle Thursday night in the city of Nueva Italia, part of a violence-plagued region.

The abduction came on the heels of the murder of prominent journalist Javier Valdez in Culiacan, Sinaloa state. Valdez was one of six journalists killed this year in Mexico.