Journalists in southern Mexico 'live in terror' of gangs' violence

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MEXICO CITY - Mexican journalist Julio Cesar Zubillaga shudders when his young daughter asks him why "they" want to kill him.

MEXICO CITY - Mexican journalist Julio Cesar Zubillaga shudders when his young daughter asks him why "they" want to kill him.

Zubillaga helped prepare the corpse of Pablo Morrugares, a journalist with digital newspaper PM Noticias, after gunmen killed both him and the policeman guarding him in a restaurant in Iguala in southern Guerrero state. The following day, Zubillaga received threats on social media, and on Tuesday gunmen opened fire on the offices of the Diario de Iguala, where his newspaper is printed.

Since 2000, more than 100 Mexican journalists have been killed, and 92 percent of the cases remain unsolved, according to press groups.Early this year, videos circulated on social media in which armed groups threatened their rivals and several journalists. "The most painful part for me is to get home and have my youngest daughter ask me: 'Papa, why do they want to kill you? How long are you going to live?'" Zubillaga says, his voice breaking during a phone interview. "Many don't want to speak, let alone publish," said another journalist, speaking anonymously after having had to leave the city because his life was at risk. "You're in the crossfire.

 

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