After missing work for several days, José Emilio Galindo Robles, the regional director for Radio Universidad de Guadalajara in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco [2], was found dead inside his home Nov. 23, Milenio [3] reports. Authorities have given little information about the case but have confirmed that the journalist was killed. A motive had not been confirmed.
Galindo, 43, known as "Pepe Galindo," had experience as a reporter and researcher of environmental topics, especially environmental legislation. He won the Second Biennial of Latin American Radio for a report about political crimes in Mexico, El Informador [4] adds. In 2004 he won first prize in the Biennial of National Radio for a report about pollution of the Santiago River caused by private companies, Proceso [5] says. (Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas [6], Nov. 25)
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