"Chilling Footage: Journalist Captures Her Own Kidnapping by Masked Gunmen, Still Missing"

THIS is the horrifying moment masked gunmen smash their way into a journalist’s home before abducting her at gunpoint in front of her terrified family.

Harrowing footage shows men dressed in black arriving outside the home of journalist Roxana Berenice Guzman Ramírez in .

The masked men smashed through the door using sledgehammers Credit: Newsflash Armed with guns, they quickly told the terrified family members to get on the floor Credit: Newsflash

In the early hours of the morning, the gang can be seen using sledgehammers to batter their way through the front door as horrified relatives scream inside.

As the attackers force their way into the house, one desperate voice can be heard pleading with them to stop.

A shirtless relative even confronts the intruders as they break through the entrance.

However, he is quickly met with the barrel of a gun pushed through a hole in the shattered doorway and aimed directly at him.

Roxana Berenice Guzman Ramírez was head of media outlet Pulso Informativo del Sureste Credit: Newsflash

The armed men then storm inside, ordering terrified family members to drop to the floor.

Moments later, one of the masked intruders grabs the mobile phone being used to record the raid, abruptly cutting the footage.

According to relatives, Roxana was then dragged from the property and driven to an unknown location.

The kidnapping took place on June 2 in Nanchital, in the state of Veracruz.

The Gulf coast region of Mexico has long been plagued by cartel violence.

Roxana is the director of digital news outlet Pulso Informativo del Sureste, which reports on local , and security issues.

In the aftermath of the violent raid, authorities confirmed they had launched an into the abduction.

Forensic specialists and detectives are now working to identify those responsible, but officials say they have yet to establish who carried out the attack or why.

Investigators have also not determined whether the kidnapping is linked to Roxana’s journalistic work.

Local reports say she had recently published stories about complaints that rotten eggs were being sold in the area, as well as coverage of a family seeking compensation after an accident involving a municipal vehicle.

The abduction has sparked alarm among press journalist organisations and freedom groups across Mexico.

Reports also noted that Roxana previously fled Veracruz in 2017 after her husband was shot dead in Nanchital.

She later returned to the state and earlier this year founded her own digital media outlet.

In recent months, Roxana had announced plans to expand her reporting across communities in southern Veracruz through a combination of live broadcasts and citizen journalism initiatives.