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Award-winning Mexican reporter Javier Valdez killed
Source: BBC
Award-winning Mexican reporter Javier Valdez killed
15 May 2017 Latin America & Caribbean
Award-winning Mexican journalist Javier Valdez has been shot dead in the north-western state of Sinaloa.
He was killed when unidentified attackers opened fire on his car in the city of Culiacan where Valdez was working, the RioDoce website reports.
Valdez, 50, received the International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in 2011 for his coverage of drug trafficking.
He is the fifth journalist to be killed in Mexico this year.
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15 May 2017 Latin America & Caribbean
Award-winning Mexican journalist Javier Valdez has been shot dead in the north-western state of Sinaloa.
He was killed when unidentified attackers opened fire on his car in the city of Culiacan where Valdez was working, the RioDoce website reports.
Valdez, 50, received the International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in 2011 for his coverage of drug trafficking.
He is the fifth journalist to be killed in Mexico this year.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39930772
[font size=1]Javier Valdez had reported extensively on drug trafficking and organised crime in Mexico[/font]
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