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Journalist gunned down in Mexico

By IANS/EFE,

Mexico : A reporter for the La Ultima Palabra newspaper in Mexico has been shot dead by several gunmen, police said.Raul Regulo Garza Quirino was gunned down while driving in Cadereyta city in northern Nuevo Leon state.

He was killed Friday evening after being chased by several armed men, police said.

The state journalists’ association has condemned the attack and called on officials to find the killers.

Mexico, where 75 journalists have been murdered and several others have disappeared since 2000, is considered one of the world’s most dangerous countries for the media.

Nine journalists were murdered last year, the National Human Rights Commission said.