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Jun 18, 2021 · June 18, 2021 1:38 PM EDT. Mexico City, June 18, 2021 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed yesterday’s sentencing of Juan Francisco Picos Barrueta, known as “El Quillo,” one of the murderers of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, and called on Mexican federal authorities to redouble their efforts to have the alleged ...
Feb 26, 2024 · Javier is vice chair of the State Government & Elections Committee and also serves on the Law & Justice and Transportation committees. Read Javier’s full biography here.
Javier Valdez Cárdenas (April 14, 1967 – May 15, 2017) was a Mexican journalist and founder of Ríodoce, a newspaper based in Sinaloa. He received several international awards for his writings on drug trafficking and organized crime in the Mexican Drug War.
- May 15, 2017 (aged 50), Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
- Mexican
- Journalist, author
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Sep 19, 2018 · News. Inside the Brilliant Career and Tragic Death of Javier Valdez. El Chapo, Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, sits in an American jail, awaiting his upcoming trial in Brooklyn. For years,...
May 16, 2017 · MEXICO CITY -- Javier Valdez, an award-winning reporter who specialized in covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was slain Monday in the northern state of Sinaloa, the latest in a wave...
Jun 18, 2021 · A Mexican judge on Thursday sentenced one of the murderers of acclaimed journalist and AFP contributor Javier Valdez to 32 years and three months in prison for the killing, which sparked...
Apr 24, 2023 · Journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, one of Mexico’s most prominent chroniclers of drug trafficking and organized crime, was shot dead in Culiacán, Sinaloa, on May 15. His slaying marks a new low in violence against journalists, a new high in the confidence of their killers, and the latest dark milestone in Mexico’s drug war.
