Who Was Manuel Buendía? - Kiosk of History

On May 30, 1984, Manuel Buendía Téllezgirón, a prominent teacher of reporters and the most read and influential journalist of the second half of the 20th century, was murdered in Mexico City as he left his office at the crossroads of Paseo de la Reforma and Insurgentes avenues. Journalist Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa described this fact as “the first murder of narcopolitics in Mexico.” Symbol for his union of independence and innovation, as it wa…