Mediagazer: Crime reporter in Veracruz, Pedro Tamayo Rosas, gunned down in front of family; eight officers testify in the investigation over allegedly slow police response (Ignacio Carvajal/Yahoo)

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Ignacio Carvajal / Yahoo:

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