Telling the Truth About Mexico, and Dying for It
Drug violence and government corruption have put the country’s journalists in peril. In one town, reporters tried to fight back.
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Drug violence and government corruption have put the country’s journalists in peril. In one town, reporters tried to fight back.
Earlier this year Joel Vera was forced to shut down his online news portal in Mexico after two colleagues were murdered.
Juan Arjon Lopez, 62, is the latest of a string of journalist killings in Mexico, with at least 14 murdered so far this year.
Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi, director of the news site El Veraz, and Sheila Garcia, a reporter for the site, were murdered outside a convenience store in the municipality of Cosoleacaque on Monday.
Between cartels and corrupt politicians, the country is among the most dangerous to be a journalist. Eight have been killed so far this year