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Daughters: Mexican reporter threatened for stories

By Washington Examiner
Published February 15, 2014 5:02am ET
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Daughters: Mexican reporter threatened for stories
Relatives carry the coffin that contain the remains of slain journalist Gregorio Jimenez as they walk towards the cemetery in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Veracruz state officials concluded that Jimenez, a police beat reporter, was killed in a personal vendetta, unrelated to his reporting. But journalists throughout Mexico are calling for a thorough investigation. Jimenez is the 12th journalist slain or gone missing since 2010 in the Gulf state of Veracruz. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) | Felix Marquez

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — The daughters of a reporter slain in the Mexican state of Veracruz told authorities that a woman angered by one of his stories had threatened to have a drug cartel kill him.

The statements by Gregorio Jimenez’s daughters contradicted the official version that the reporter was killed in a personal vendetta related to his son and the family of the woman he dated.

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