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Toronto Star, 04 May 2012 - MEXICO CITY-More than 100 journalists and supporters gathered Friday - - the day after three photographers were found murdered in the eastern port city of Veracruz - to call for more protections for journalists covering Mexico's complex and deadly drug war. State officials confirmed Thursday that the bodies of photographers Guillermo Luna and Gabriel Huge, who worked for the Notiver local newspaper, were found dismembered, with evidence of torture.

Globe and Mail, 04 May 2012 - Thursday marked World Press Freedom Day, a UN-declared event meant to underscore the connection between journalism and democracy. It also highlights the very real dangers journalists face reporting the news in the world's hot zones. These days, one of the worst places to be a journalist is Veracruz, Mexico. There, on World Press Freedom Day, the dismembered bodies of three photojournalists -- Gabriel Huge, Guillermo Luna and Esteban Rodriguez -- were found in a shallow waterway in the Mexican port city. The body of Luna's girlfriend, Irasema Becerra, was found not far from them. Mexican prosecutors said the victims showed signs of being tortured and that their bodies had been dismembered. The killings were likely committed by organized drug cartels that have terrorized the region for years.

Arizona Daily Star, 01 Apr 2012 - Top targets, in reality, were FBI informants, but ATF didn't know Even before hundreds of guns went across the border as part of Operation Fast and Furious, an interagency communication gap had left the investigation doomed, recently released information suggests.