Media reports said that the body of the journalist, who lived in the district of Tuxpan of Western state of Nayarit, was found with gunshot wounds near the state’s capital airport. He had left home on his motorbike after receiving a phone call and was never seen alive again. According to police sources, he was reported missing after he failed to return home. Márquez Jiménez was known for his hard hitting reporting and as a founder of “Orión Informativo” News outlet.