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Weekly Report - 18 May 2017 (WR-17-19)

MEXICO: Death of a journalist (again) spurs action

Javier Valdez Cárdenas, a well-known Sinaloa-based journalist specialised in covering organised crime, was gunned down in Culiacán, the state capital, on 15 May. The crime – the sixth fatal attack on a journalist so far this year – has caused outrage and motivated President Enrique Peña Nieto to promise added protection for journalists. But the profession does not feel any safer.

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