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2022 is deadliest year on record for Mexican journalists

FILE - Relatives, friends and journalists stand vigil beside the coffin containing the remains of slain journalist Regina Martinez during her wake in Xalapa, Mexico. The 48-year-old correspondent for the investigative weekly Proceso was known for exposing abuse and corruption in an oil-rich state overrun by organized crime and a political system as opaque as its southern jungles. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)

FILE - Photos of slain journalists are displayed on a wall during a vigil to protest the murder of journalist Fredid Roman, outside Mexico's Attorney General's office in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Roman was the 15th media worker killed so far this year in Mexico, where it is now considered the most dangerous country for reporters outside a war zone. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

2022 is deadliest year on record for Mexican journalists