Pablo Pineda Gaucín

Pablo Pineda Gaucín (c. 1961 – 9 April 2000) was a Mexican crime reporter and photographer for La Opinión, a newspaper in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Known for his direct reporting, Pineda Gaucín was subject to several attacks from alleged drug traffickers. In the last attack, unidentified suspects took him by force on 9 April 2000, brutally tortured him, and shot him execution-style, leaving his body on the bank of the Rio Grande. The crime, however, remains unsolved.