Mexico - Noted crime reporter Victor Baez kidnapped and murdered in Veracruz state

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The body of the noted Mexican journalist Víctor Báez Chino was found on 14 June in the centre of Xalapa, the capital of Veracruz state, the day after he was kidnapped outside his office. Baez, who was well known locally and nationally, covered the crime beat for El Portal de Veracruz, a local edition of the weekly Milenio, and ran the crime reporters' network Reporteros Policíacos. Veracruz state, listed by Reporters Without Borders among the most dangerous places in the world for those (...)

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