Journalist is Gunned Down in Mexican Region Plagued by Drug Violence

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Mexican authorities said today that a journalist in an area plagued by drug violence had been shot dead in what appeared either to be a robbery or a case of mistaken identity, according to the Associated Press.

Raul Garza Quirino, worked as a municipal social development worker in the city of Cadereyta, near Monterrey. But he also wrote for the weekly La Ultima Palabra. The area in Nuevo León state has been plagued by drug-cartel-related violence, according to the AP.































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