Journalist Enrique Perea Quintanilla Killed

The body of Enrique Perea Quintanilla, publisher of the magazine Dos Caras, Una Verdad – or Two Faces, One Truth – was found Wednesday on a dirt road about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from Chihuahua City, said Eduardo Esparza, a spokesman for the state prosecutor’s office.

Media groups say Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the Western Hemisphere to be a journalist, largely because of their reports on drug traffickers. Since 2004, 10 journalists have been killed, including Perea Quintanilla, and another has disappeared.

Police say organized crime behind journalist’s death in Mexico. OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ. Associated Press. MONTERREY, Mexico. See: special report from CPJ, Committee to Protect Journalists, Dread on the Border (Feb. 2006)