Mexico - Police find body of Veracruz state reporter missing since March

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The body of Noel López Olguín, a local journalist based in the eastern state of Veracruz who had been missing since 8 March, was found in the state capital, Xalapa, on 1 June, four days after Alejandro Castro Chirinos, also known as “El Dragón,” was captured in the nearby city of Coatzacoalcos and confessed to participating in his murder. Police said Castro, who was caught in possession of López's camera, told them where his body was buried. The motive for López's murder is not yet known but it (...)

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