MEXICO CITY: The deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers is nearing a close, with 15 slayings a perilous situation underlined by a brazen near-miss attack this week on one of the country’s most prominent journalists. Two gunmen astride a motorcycle shot up radio and television journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva’s armored vehicle 200 yards
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The deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers is nearing its close, with 15 killed. And a brazen near-miss attack this week on one of Mexico’s most prominent journalists has refocused attention on the profession’s dangers. Two gunmen astride a motorcycle shot up radio and television journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva’s armored vehicle 200 yards from his home Thursday night. Solidarity has grown among Mexico’s press corps amid the attacks, and its members are making increasing noise after each killing and pushing back against the traditional government narrative that the victims aren’t real journalists or are corrupt. Still, the killings have continued to rise.
The deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers is nearing its close, with 15 killed. And a brazen near-miss attack this week on one of Mexico’s most prominent journalists has refocused attention on the profession’s dangers