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Texas: Authorities Investigating Murder of Journalist Jay Torres

HeadlineJun 17, 2016

In Texas, authorities are investigating the murder of journalist Jacinto Torres Hernández, whose body was found Monday night in the Dallas suburb Garland. Torres was a reporter for the Spanish-language newspaper La Estrella and a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. His daughter, Aline, says she believes her father may have been killed for his journalism, which involved investigations of human trafficking.

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