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Reporter who criticized officials is slain in northern Mexico
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Publisher:  Committee to Protect Journalistshttp://gateway.sources.com/newsrelease.php
Date Written:  07/05/2009
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article

A Mexican journalist who was critical of local authorities in the northern state of Durango was fatally shot by unidentified assailants on Sunday.

Abstract:  A Mexican journalist who was critical of local authorities in the northern state of Durango was fatally shot by unidentified assailants on Sunday. In a piece published a day before the killing, the reporter wrote that he had been threatened by local government officials. The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on local and federal authorities to thoroughly and expeditiously investigate the crime.

Around 5 p.m. on Sunday, two pickup trucks intercepted Carlos Ortega Samper, a reporter...
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