Marco Avila, a reporter in Sonora, Mexico was buried over the weekend after being found in a black garbage bag.  He’s the sixth current or former journalist killed in Mexico in less than a month. Considering the number of gruesome atrocities committed by the country’s drug cartels (the latest being the 49 decapitated, hand-less, foot-less bodies found on the side of a highway), it makes sense that the people covering the news in these areas have become targets too.  [Photo: REUTERS/Stringer] THE ATLANTIC WIRE: Being a journalist in Mexico can be deadly
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Marco Avila, a reporter in Sonora, Mexico was buried over the weekend after being found in a black garbage bag. 

He’s the sixth current or former journalist killed in Mexico in less than a month. Considering the number of gruesome atrocities committed by the country’s drug cartels (the latest being the 49 decapitated, hand-less, foot-less bodies found on the side of a highway), it makes sense that the people covering the news in these areas have become targets too. 

[Photo: REUTERS/Stringer]

THE ATLANTIC WIRE: Being a journalist in Mexico can be deadly

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    There are no words… Narco Nazis maybe…
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    NARCO-TERRORISM - FOR...DRUG SIDE OF FEAR.
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    Unless you’re referring to the cartels that basically run Mexico because the actual government is basically powerless to...
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    Jesus christ. Are we even doing anything? What is...done to crack down on
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    The Mexican government cant have reporters running their mouth now can they? ;D
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    újságírónak lenni Mexikóban nem életbiztosítás
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