On Monday in Sinaloa, Javier Valdez was gunned down in broad daylight – the latest reporter to be caught up in Mexico’s wave of drug-related violenceJavier Valdez wrote his own epitaph. No to silence.”Valdez never stayed silent, reporting fearlessly on dynastic rivalries within the Sinaloa cartel – as well as the often forgotten victims of mafia violence. Crusading Mexican journalist Javier Valdez shot dead in Sinaloa Read moreHe was killed on Monday at midday, barely a block from the office of Ríodoce (Twelfth River), the newspaper he co-founded in 2003. But such certainties have disappeared amid a succession crisis in the Sinaloa cartel after the arrest and extradition of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Javier Valdez was shot 12 times in what colleagues said was a targeted attack.

Source: The Guardian May 17, 2017 18:48 UTC