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Judi Lynn

(160,450 posts)
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 06:17 PM Mar 2017

Third journalist killed in Mexico in month

Third journalist killed in Mexico in month

By AFP 2 hours ago


A reporter who investigated drug gangs was found murdered in northern Mexico near the US border on Thursday, police said, the third journalist killed in the country this month.

Miroslava Breach, 54, of the newspapers La Jornada and Norte de Juarez, was found dead in her vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds to the head in the city of Chihuahua, police said in a statement.

Her suspected attackers were reported to have fled in a white sedan car, it said, without elaborating.

Breach had reported on organized crime, drug-trafficking and corruption during a 20-year career as a journalist in northern Mexico, where drug gangs fight bloody turf wars.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/third-journalist-killed-in-mexico-in-month/article/488633#ixzz4cBqQ2nA9

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Judi Lynn

(160,450 posts)
1. Miroslava Breach third Mexican journalist to be killed this month
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 09:44 PM
Mar 2017

1 hour ago





A journalist has been shot dead in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, the third to be killed in the country this month.


Miroslava Breach was shot eight times in her car outside her home in the state capital, Chihuahua.


. . .


Mrs Breach had reported on organised crime, drug-trafficking and corruption for a national newspaper, La Jornada, and a regional newspaper, Norte de Juarez.


The gunmen left a note saying: "For being a loud-mouth."


More:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39376061

Eugene

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2. Mexico governor says Chihuahua too weak to fight cartels
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 09:04 PM
Mar 2017

Source: BBC

Mexico governor says Chihuahua too weak to fight cartels

28 March 2017 Latin America & Caribbean

The governor of Mexico's northern state of Chihuahua, Javier Corral, has said his government does not have the means to tackle organised crime.

He said he had requested federal resources to help local police fight the drug cartels.

Mr Corral's comments come four days after the murder of a local journalist, Miroslava Breach, in Chihuahua City.

Ms Breach had reported extensively on the links between organised crime and politicians in the state.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39413080
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