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As a private lawyer, he was also representing the lebarons, an outspoken family with dual u.s./mexico citizenship that lost nine members when they were murdered by suspected cartel members in mexico in late 2019. adrian lebaron tweeted shortly after morieta was killed saying in part, "they have killed my defender what do we call this, the rule of law?" >> do you believe he was killed because of his opposition to the cartels? >> yes. he was always exposing them. to me, he died a martyr. >> reporter: authorities have not identified suspects or motive in morieta's murder but the victim seemed to ...

Run bigger risks. >> reporter: he was known for challenging criminal groups and drug cartels. as a lawyer he was representing an outspoken family with dual u.s./mexico citizenship that lost nine members when they were murdered by suspected cartel members in mexico in late 2019. adrian, member of the family, tweeted saying in part, they have killed my defender what do we call this, the rule of law? >> do you believe he was killed because of his opposition to the cartels? >> yes, he was always exposing them. to me, he died a martyr. >> reporter: authorities have not identified any suspects or mo...