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These stories should be accompanied by whatever the journalist was researching that made them a target. I've never heard of Roberto Toledo until now, and my only knowledge of him shouldn't be that he's dead.

Searching his name says that he was a cameraman and his employer was "reporting on corrupt administration and corrupt officials" but surely this is the time to be specific.

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Per the Reuters article linked in this one[1], the outlet he worked at "had been receiving threats, which it reported to local authorities, as a result of its sustained reporting on corruption in local government."

[1]: https://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-violence/mexican-medi...

What tremendous courage reporters such as these must have to do their work.

Yeah, that was the same PR statement my quote was from. "Somewhere in Michoacan there's corruption" isn't very specific.

Oh man, reporting to _local authorities_ on _local authorities_ corruption, what do you do?

Great idea on surfacing reports that was worked on of killed journalists.

I know movies and books make many reporter's into these individuals going at things alone; Cavalier and protected by brawn or a history.

I agree with the parent comment. It just worries me because, how many sources, scared insiders have also been taken out? What is the full homicide rate for 2022 in Mexico? Not just the 'reporters?' If research breaks and it's not sound enough, what are the addition casualties?

Perhaps they simply don't dare to be more specific ...

U.S. journalists don’t have the courage to do journalism anymore. They wouldn’t dare go against the grain, let alone be specific on corruption.

Mexican journalists should migrate, and report on both U.S. and Mexican government corruption without the threat of overt assassination.

This is a ridiculous comment thread, the linked article is what 150 words? Why the fuss about the level of detail? That’s best left to other publications.

Because they're unlikely to ever have this level of coverage again. I've never heard of this paper, and probably will never hear more details about this murder.

It's possible, and I wouldn't blame them if that's their reason. My issue with that is that they then didn't take the death threats seriously, and still put some tacit blame on the local administration.

So they willingly risked their employees lives, and after someone got killed they protect their own neck but still sort of hint their employees will continue the actions.

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