Mexico: 3 journalists killed in one week
By DW
08 August 2019 |
2:39 pm
Two reporters were gunned down, while a third was found dead in the trunk of a car. Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, with a majority of the murder cases going unsolved.
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