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After the murder of journalist Javier Valdez, Mexican press in Sinaloa is self-censoring, but seeks international support

The press in Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico, no longer conducts investigative journalism following the death of Javier Valdez, a journalist from the Sinaloan weekly newspaper Ríodoce, who was killed on May 15 of this year.

When they killed Valdez, they practically murdered freedom of expression in Sinaloa, said a visibly upset Alejandro Sicairos, one of the founders of Ríodoce and a colleague and close friend of Valdez.

Read more at: https://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/00-18814-after-murder-journalist-javier-valdez-mexican-press-sinaloa-self-censoring-seeks-inter