Story highlights Anabel Flores Salazar, a crime reporter for a newspaper, was abducted early Monday morning

Her body was found in a neighboring state with a bag wrapped around her head, authorities say

Mexico is one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists, an advocacy group says

(CNN) After armed men snatched her from her home, Mexican journalist Anabel Flores Salazar ended up dead, her body discarded along a highway -- the latest example of the dangers facing media in parts of Mexico.

The attorney general's office for Puebla state reported that a woman's body had been found naked and bound, with her head wrapped in a plastic bag.

On Tuesday, the same office in neighboring Veracruz state identified Flores Salazar as the slain woman.

Around 2 a.m. the day before, the journalist -- who covered crime, justice and other stories for a local newspaper -- was abducted by gunmen who'd come to her house looking for her, the Veracruz attorney general's office said

Witnesses said that someone who lived there let the assailants in, according to the same office. Flores Salazar's aunt, Sandra Luz Salazar, told the Committee to Protect Journalists that the eight or more armed assailants dressed in what looked like military uniforms came in. They claimed they had a warrant for the reporter's arrest and forced her into one of three gray trucks parked outside, the aunt said.

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