Anabel Flores Salazar, a reporter for the newspaper El Sol de Orizaba, has been found dead along a highway after she was abducted from her home in Orizaba, in the Mexican state of Veracruz on Tuesday. The journalist's body was found discarded along a highway in the nearby state of Puebla, half-naked, bound, and with a plastic bag over her head, according to CNN.

The reporter's corpse was positively identified by family members.

Salazar, a mother of two who recently gave birth, was taken from her home after eight men dressed in military uniforms came to her house and stated that they had a warrant for her arrest.

Sandra Luz Salazar, the slain journalist's aunt, stated that despite the family's protests, the men ushered her niece into a gray truck, pointing guns at the family members the entire time.

"We pleaded with them not to take her. I told them that she recently had a baby," the aunt said, according to The Daily Mail.

It was eventually found that the gray truck used to transport the late journalist was reported to be stolen. With the fatal incident involving yet another journalist in the Latin American country, the federal attorney general's office pledged to initiate a full-scale investigation by the Special Prosecutor for Crimes against Freedom of Expression, in order to determine the factors surrounding the late Salazar's abduction and subsequent death.

Salazar was working as a crime-beat reporter before she was killed covering stories involving crime and justice. Though her family stated that she had no enemies, the Veracruz state prosecutor's office did state that she had been physically present when a notorious gang member was arrested in 2014, reported FOX News.

Mexico has ranked as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, with at least 15 journalists being killed in Veracruz since Gov. Javier Duarte came to office back in 2010. Apart from the 15 who are confirmed dead, three other journalists have been reported missing.

The threat to journalists' lives has been attributed primarily to the widespread power and influence of notorious drug cartels and other forms of organized crime that have gripped the country. With journalists only having their words as a means to fight back against an extremely formidable foe, most end up finding themselves on the losing end of a bargain.

In fact, in Salazar's last interview alone, she was quoted to have referred to the Mexican state of Veracruz as a "lawless state."

Indeed, she ultimately confirmed that assumption at the cost of her life.