Italy's embassy in Mexico, "in close liaison with the foreign ministry", is following the case of 42-year-old aid worker Michele Colosio, who was killed in southern Chiapas state, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The Embassy is in contact with the Mexican police authorities in order to keep up with developments in the case and with the victim's family, to whom it is providing the maximum assistance," said the statement.
Colosio, a radiologist from the town of Borgosatollo in northern Italy, was reported to have been slain on Sunday in the city of San Cristobal de Las Casas.
The association Colosio worked for, La Casa de Salud Comunitaria Yi’bel ik’ Raíz del Viento, wrote on Facebook that he was murdered on his way home after watching the Euro2020 final in which Italy beat England.
