Rodolfo Rincón Taracena (1957 – 20 January 2007) was a Mexican journalist and crime reporter for "Tabasco Hoy", a newspaper based in Villahermosa, Tabasco in southeastern Mexico. He was known for his direct reporting style, and wrote extensively about local drug trafficking and the growing presence of organized crime in his homestate.
Taracena wanted the people in his homestate to know about the presence of crime around them.