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September 24, 2010

US Grants Asylum to Mexican Journalist
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The United States has granted asylum for the first time to a Mexican
journalist who was the target of death threats. Jorge Luis Aguirre is
the editor of the Mexico news site La Polaka.com. Aguirre received his
first death threat two years ago when he answered his cell phone while
driving to the funeral of a colleague who had been killed in drug
violence. The caller told him, "You’re next." Several other Mexican
journalists are currently seeking asylum in the US, including one who
spent seven months in an immigration detention facility.



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