Mexican journalist who covered drug cartels found dead on highway with note next to body

Miguel Angel Beltran in a video posted to his TikTok account. From Miguel Angel Beltran/TikTok

A Mexican journalist who reported on drug cartels was found dead Saturday on a highway with a note beside his body, a news outlet he worked for reported.

Miguel Ángel Beltrán’s body was wrapped in a blanket on a highway connecting Durango state to Mazatlán, a city in the cartel-plagued Sinaloa state , according to the news site Contexto de Durango.

The outlet reported that the journalist was identified by his son, who last saw him on Thursday when they left for work.

A note was discovered next to his body that reportedly read, “For spreading false accusations against the people of Durango,” according to local media.

CNN could not independently confirm the contents of the message, but suc