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December 23, 2020

Targeted Murders of Journalists Doubled in 2020, with Mexico Worst-Affected Country
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The number of journalists killed in retaliation for their work more than
doubled this year, with Mexico being the most dangerous country for
journalists in 2020, followed by Afghanistan and the Philippines,
according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, which
found at least 30 journalists have been killed around the world this
year.

In related news, in Mexico, the former mayor of a small town in the
state of Chihuahua has been arrested for complicity in the 2017 murder
of La Jornada journalist Miroslava Breach. Hugo Amed Shultz is accused
of providing information about Breach, who covered the drug war, to an
organized crime group suspected of her murder.


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