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Mexican mum who investigated daughter's death is killed
Source: BBC
Mexican mum who investigated daughter's death is killed
12 May 2017 Latin America & Caribbean
A Mexican businesswoman who headed a group of 600 families searching for their disappeared relatives has been killed.
Miriam Rodríguez Martínez was shot in her home in the town of San Fernando in Tamaulipas state.
She was known for successfully investigating the kidnap and murder of her daughter by a local drug cartel, the Zetas.
The information she gave the police ensured the gang members were jailed.
But in March one of them escaped and her colleagues said she started to receive threats.
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12 May 2017 Latin America & Caribbean
A Mexican businesswoman who headed a group of 600 families searching for their disappeared relatives has been killed.
Miriam Rodríguez Martínez was shot in her home in the town of San Fernando in Tamaulipas state.
She was known for successfully investigating the kidnap and murder of her daughter by a local drug cartel, the Zetas.
The information she gave the police ensured the gang members were jailed.
But in March one of them escaped and her colleagues said she started to receive threats.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39892553
