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Journalist killed in Mexico, eighth so far this year

FILE - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a ceremony to commemorate in Mexico City's main square the Zocalo, Aug. 13, 2021. President Lopez Obrador said Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, that high profile journalists like Jorge Ramos of Univision and Carmen Aristigui, one of Mexico´s most recognized journalists, should make the information of their salaries available to the public. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File) Photos of slain journalists are posted on the gate of Mexico's Attorney General's office during a vigil to protest the murder of journalist Heber Lopez, in Mexico City, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Lopez, who was the director of the online news site Noticias Web, was shot to death Thursday, Feb. 10, in the coastal city of Salina Cruz, in Oaxaca state. The Committee to Protect Journalists declared these six past weeks the "deadliest for the Mexican press in over a decade." (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)