Mexican crime reporter shot 45 times

Gunmen shot Mexican crime reporter Gerardo Garcia 45 times after a high-speed chase as he tried to escape them on his motorbike. It appears to have been the work of one of the drug gangs who had taken issue with Garcia's reports for the paper, La Opinión de Michoacan. Mexican journalists are targets of threats and attacks by drug cartels. Two Texas-based newspapers immediately pulled their reporters from the area. (Via Boston Globe)