Exhibition commemorating Mexican journalists launches the day two are brutally murdered

By Helena Williams

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist (Flikr/Knight Foundation)

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist (Flikr/Knight Foundation)

A London photo exhibition commemorating Mexican journalists who have lost their lives in the pursuit of truth launched the day two photojournalists were found brutally murdered in Mexico.

‘The Silenced: Fighting for a free press in Mexico’ displays the portraits of 55 journalists killed while trying to carry out their work since 2000 and opened yesterday, on World Press Freedom Day.

The same day, the dismembered bodies of photojournalists Gabriel Huge and Guillermo Luna were found dumped in a canal in Velacruz.

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