The United States has granted asylum for the first time to a Mexican journalist who was the target of death threats. Jorge Luis Aguirre is the editor of the Mexico news site LaPolaka.com. Aguirre received his first death threat two years ago when he answered his cell phone while driving to the funeral of a colleague who had been killed in drug violence. The caller told him, “You’re next.” Several other Mexican journalists are currently seeking asylum in the US, including one who spent seven months in an immigration detention facility.