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know, spiritually, he will never leave years of his military career workingus.” to perfect the Osprey, said heJorge Morin and 18 others aboard (See MARINE, Page A3)Mexican border becoming$dangerous for journalistsBy GILBERTO SALINAS The Brownsville HeraldThe recent murder of a Matamoros journalist could be a sign that working on the U.S.-Mexico border is getting more dangerous because of increasing drug activity, an expert on the Mexican press said.“Violence against journalists is growing mostly because of the drug dealers,” said Jose Luis Benavides, an Austin-based scholar who has published books on the Mexican press. “Many Colombian reporters have to leave the country because of- I • a • 1 I If... And very soon, in Mexico, reporters like in Colombia will need bodyguards.”Benavides’ comments came as police on both sides of the border continued to look into the death of Pablo Pineda Guacin, 38, a reporter from La Opinion who was found shot to death early Sunday on the banks of the Rio Grande just north of Los Indios.Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said Pineda appeared to have been beaten, gagged and shot.“We don’t really know if he was tortured that bad, but his hands
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