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demoleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-26-09 12:06 PM
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Radio station director murdered in Jalisco state
Source: reporters without borders

The body of José Galindo Robles, the head of Radio Universidad de Guadalajara, was discovered at his home in Guadalajara, in the western state of Jalisco, on 24 November, after it was noticed that several days had gone by with no word from him. His body was found wrapped in a blanket and with the hands tied with cable. The prosecutor’s office said the cause of death was a “deep contusion and fracture to the skull.”
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Generally known as “Pepe Galindo,” he had received various prizes at the Latin American Radio Biennals. In 2004, he was awarded the National Prize for Environmental Journalism for a report about the impact of the pollution of the River Santiago, Mexico’s most contaminated river, on the inhabitants of El Salto and Juanacatlán (in Jalisco state).
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Even if it remains to be established whether Galindo was killed in connection with his commitment to the environment, it is certainly the case that environmental journalists are being increasingly targeted. In a report published on 17 September, Reporters Without Borders highlighted the dangers for journalists who expose environmental problems.

Read more: http://www.rsf.org/Radio-station-director-murdered-in.html
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-26-09 12:18 PM
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1. gonna have to start moving them off shore to record their shows for safety
internet in the broadcast and then broadcast from within the state
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-26-09 12:31 PM
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2. The Machine takes no prisoners
And dead men still can't tell their tales.
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