Mexico

Thieves are puncturing fuel pipelines in Mexico and siphoning profits from the national oil company.

I regularly report on violence against journalists in Mexico. But Javier’s death came as a personal blow to me.

Many of the graves have been discovered by desperate family members acting on their own and without the assistance of the authorities.

Mexicans are no stranger to widespread corruption, which costs the country a staggering $100 billion per year, according to last year’s National Corruption Forum. Governors are especially likely to become involved with graft.

Four attacks on reporters in such a short timespan have shocked Mexico, already a country press freedom organizations say is one the most dangerous in the Western Hemisphere for journalists.

As next year’s presidential election draws ever closer, former Mexico City mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador may be the number one candidate.