The New York Times. Mexico
Assassins on a motorcycle shot Cecilio Pineda Birto as he awaited his vehicle at a car wash, hitting him at least 10 times. Gunmen blocked the car of Javier Valdez Cárdenas after he left work, pumping at least 12 bullets into him. Miroslava Breach Velducea, leaving home with one of her children, was shot eight times by an unidentified assailant and died en route to the hospital.
They were among at least six journalists in Mexico murdered in 2017 because of their work in reporting corruption and other crimes, the Committee to Protect Journalists, an advocacy group, said Thursday in an annual compilation of fatalities.
