Multiple outlets report that Mexican sports journalist Fernando Vargas is carjacked at gunpoint while making a live television broadcast in Morelos. The journalist was broadcasting during an on-air segment from a location near a gas station, where his vehicle was parked. According to the reports, a man with a gun approaches the car and opens the driver’s side door, interrupting the live coverage. The outlets describe the incident as occurring while Vargas is in the middle of his live report/interview for the Mexican sports station Activo Deportes. Fox News and other outlets state that Vargas is safe afterward, though he is shaken. The Daily Mail and New York Post similarly describe the same event timing and circumstances, including that it happens during live television and involves a gunman taking control of the vehicle. The reports do not provide additional confirmed details on the investigation, the motive, or the status of any suspects beyond the immediate outcome for Vargas.
Mexican sports journalist Fernando Vargas carjacked at gunpoint during live TV report
Multiple outlets report that Mexican sports journalist Fernando Vargas is carjacked at gunpoint while making a live television broadcast in Morelos. The journalist was broadcasting during an on-air se...
- Fernando Vargas, a Mexican sports journalist, is carjacked at gunpoint during a live TV broadcast.
- The incident happens in Morelos while Vargas is reporting from or near a gas station where his car is parked.
- A gunman opens the driver’s side door and interrupts the live coverage.
- Vargas is reported to be safe after the incident but shaken.
- The reports identify his broadcaster as Activo Deportes and describe the live segment as an interview/reporting moment.
A Mexican sports journalist was in the middle of a live report when he was carjacked at gunpoint on Tuesday.
3 months agoMexican sports journalist Fernando Vargas was carjacked on live TV while broadcasting from a gas station in Morelos. He is safe but shaken up.
3 months agoA Mexican sports journalist was carjacked at gunpoint while on live television on Tuesday. Fernando Vargas was doing an interview live on “Bla, bla, bla deportivo” on Mexican sports station Activo Deportes from his car that was parked at a gas station when a man with a gun abruptly opened the driver’s side door, Awful...
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