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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Roy Greenslade

Mexican newspaper seller murdered

A gunman shot dead a woman who distributed newspapers in Mexico's border city of Ciudad Juárez because his drug cartel bosses thought she threatened their control over street vendors.

Maribel Hernández was was attacked on on Monday while driving a vehicle bearing a newspaper company's logo. She had worked as a distributor for El Diario and PM for the past five years/

The police detained a member of a gang connected to the Juárez drug cartel who said he had received 3,000 Pesos (£150) to kill Hernández.

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