Forbidden Stories stated this statistic, "Since 2000, 119 journalists have been killed in Mexico, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, making the country the most dangerous place in the world for members of the press." For all those deaths, in 2020, 60 people from 25 international media came together to form "The Cartel Project". One of the 119 journalists that were killed was Regina Martinez; dying on April 28, 2012. She was murdered by cartel violence because of her investigations that were going to link politicians and drug trafficking in Veracruz, Mexico.
Her death was not in vain, eight years after her death investigations lead to her plot to expose the thousands that seemed to disappear in Mexico. Journalists in the investigation found people that revealed that local authorities sabotaged the investigation into her death.
Because of people like Regina Martinez, a spark to find the truth for journalist had occurred. Allowing the opportunity for people all over to discover the truth, regardless of the dangers.
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