Mexico urged to protect activists after campaigner shot dead

Amnesty International has urged the Mexican authorities to protect human rights activists after a woman campaigner against violence and human rights abuses by military officials was shot dead near Ciudad Juarez. Josefina Reyes was seized by a group of unidentified armed men outside a shop in the town of Guadalupe on Sunday. A witness reported that she was shot in the head after fighting back when the men attempted to abduct her. According to a witness, the men apparently told her before the killing: "You think you are tough because you are with the organizations". Josefina Reyes had been…

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