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Did Mexican drug cartels target journalist?

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    Death of investigative reporter who often wrote about drug trafficking appears suspicious

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We've heard it right here on the record for a million times practically police officers missionary journalists no one is safe.

It's in Mexico.

The vicious vicious wars going on there and it's right next door to us and ten night there's terrible news out of Mexico Maxim Magazine reporters murdered in her own home Fox News radio correspondent -- is -- joins us by phone from Mexico City.

James who is this woman and at what we know about her murder.

Okay we'll look related name war correct -- -- -- -- She was aren't noted in more on -- -- People school a door opened old -- -- and eventually the police Wednesday night I eventually would leave things.

I'm -- -- that you didn't box so that Billy Idol and strangled both -- To create it.

That didn't multiple live with not cooperate with not burglary is very much seemed to -- overlooked for the magazine quote full.

Which you for the most respected magazines all of Mexico all of -- in America which.

Don't think the political -- but especially as well this particular moment.

In the drug cartels -- better activist that it became so -- is probably what got -- that.

-- her last story which is -- -- on Friday was about arrests of nine municipal police officers who are suspected.

Drug ties and the day before.

She wrote about a shootout -- arrest of a woman suspected of commanding hit man so boast -- Those I imagine those two articles -- enraged some very I'm not have them in some very nasty people.

But that's the problem but this is the history of that and Mexico in the -- -- nineties and -- -- you.

Actually 2004 that the not a market into Mexico we should -- -- And it it -- article that.

It's -- -- this bind nine with the the drug -- about it.

I did not on -- -- round of funding members were shot in the 1988.

Another -- wish that was noted in 2004 on the novel won't it was yet -- -- that.

With machine guns in 1997.

And it's what we birdies by both.

A bodyguard along pop up and the -- basically.

The people -- -- gonna be looking in these very highly dangerous and sensitive -- it all was obviously going to have to have a little protection from now -- Because they are being specifically are addicted.

Three other journalists.

Been noted in this particular area -- crucible Austria one woman reports out of Brokaw.

Another -- How.

It is why I'm from what in the -- was -- that -- that they have the most hit an all of these.

Was not -- the most it was not and I think both are very reported.

All the drugs out so they called my line.

These journalists terrified and in a number of journalists more than forty Mexican journalists -- -- have been.

Have been that killed -- are our disappeared since president called -- been declared his war on down the drug -- doesn't it.

4040.

Mexican journalist missing or dead murdered.

I didn't aren't they the national -- -- commission put the number seventy -- it depends but the thing is that that.

If you eat it it how when somebody is actually being shot bad but.

A number of these people just go -- I mean this thing for apple not just a few -- They just.

-- -- -- -- But fit in dispute you know the ticket won't get heated dispute is the -- -- Our.

-- Policy.

Of trying to follow the Mexican media and in some cases that being successful complicated and incredibly bright people call risking -- life.

And it's costing them a -- And -- this James thank you.