Mexican drug trade reporter Javier Valdez killed
Mexican journalist Javier Valdez, known for his award-winning coverage of the drug trade, has been shot dead.
Unidentified attackers opened fire on him on Monday in Culiacan city in the north-western state of Sinaloa, where he lived and worked.
Valdez, 50, received the International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in 2011 for his work.
He is one of several journalists who have been killed in Mexico this year.
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Sad, it sounds like he was in Culiacan, Sinaloa, that's the belly of the beast per drug trafficking in Mexico. El Chapo hails from Sinaloa.
