 Irina Bokova , who is the Director @-@ General of UNESCO , said , " News of the murders of Gabriel Huge and Guillermo Luna Varela – tortured and killed less than one week after the murder of Regina Martínez Pérez – is deeply disturbing , and reflects an alarming state of affairs in the state of Veracruz . That these gruesome crimes have been committed on the eve of World Press Freedom Day – a day on which we honour the vital role played by journalists in upholding democratic values , protecting citizens ’ rights to be informed and calling those in power to account – makes the situation all the more intolerable . I condemn these three murders in the strongest possible terms and urge the Mexican authorities to act quickly and decisively to find those responsible . Impunity is not an option . " 
