27 June 2017

Yet another

Mexican drug trade reporter Javier Valdez killed.  Mexican journalist Javier Valdez, known for his award-winning coverage of the drug trade, has been shot dead.  Unidentified attackers opened fire on him on Monday in Culiacan city in the north-western state of Sinaloa, where he lived and worked.  Valdez, 50, received the International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in 2011 for his work.   BBC

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