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June 15, 2017

Mexican Journalists Commemorate One-Month Anniversary of Javier Valdez's Murder
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And journalists across Mexico are gathering today to commemorate the
one-month anniversary of the killing of award-winning reporter Javier
Valdez, who was dragged out of his car and shot 12 times in Culiacán,
Sinaloa, on May 15. Valdez founded a newspaper in Sinaloa and also wrote
for La Jornada. He was at least the sixth Mexican journalist to be
killed this year amid a surge of violence against media workers in
Mexico.


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