The 29-year-old photojournalist and contributor for La Bandera Noticias news website was killed by two unidentified gunmen who fatally shot him outside his home in Guanajato. He was taken to Yuriria hospital where he died of his wounds.

According to La Bandera Noticias, Hernández Ríos had received death threats from the local administration. He had also published shortly before his killing a video in which two police officers who accused their superiors were also later murdered.