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A sign reading 'We demand justice. No more impunity' hangs at the journalists' union office in Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, in May 2017. Two journalists from the state were killed within days of each other this week. (AFP/Pedro Pardo)

Two Guerrero state journalists killed in one week in Mexico

August 2, 2019 4:40 PM EDT

Mexico City, August 2, 2019—Mexican authorities must immediately investigate the killing of Guerrero state journalists Rogelio Barragán Pérez, founder of the news website Guerrero Al Instante, and Edgar Alberto Nava López, founder of the news website La Verdad de Zihuatanejo, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.