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La Jornada Reporter Miroslava Breach Gunned Down in Mexico

HeadlineMar 24, 2017

In Mexico, a gunman shot dead journalist Miroslava Breach Thursday as she was leaving her home in Chihuahua. The 54-year-old reported on organized crime, drug trafficking and corruption for the national newspaper, La Jornada. The Committee to Protect Journalists said it was the third deadly attack on Mexican journalists this month. The press freedom organization Article 19 has called Mexico the most dangerous nation for reporters in the Western Hemisphere.

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