 PRI governors in Veracruz continued to rule with the state with tactics largely abandoned by the PRI at a national level.Martínez Pérez was the fifth journalist killed in Veracruz during the "sexenio" of Governor Javier Duarte de Ochoa, which started in 2010.The first journalist assassinated was Noel López Olguín (March 2011), followed by Miguel Ángel López Velasco and his son Miseal (June 2011).