Mexico is the most dangerous country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere.
Samuel GaytanA National Geographic journalist was shot Friday while interviewing a drug dealer in Juárez, Mexico, the Chihuahua attorney general's office said.
In a news release on its website, the office said the journalist was interviewing the drug dealer around 7:30 p.m. at an address identified as a place where drugs were sold. A team was recording the interview when armed men from a rival drug-trafficking group arrived and opened fire, killing the person who was being interviewed, officials said.
The Chihuahua attorney general's office said the reporting team previously had been at the state attorney general's office, where they were given information for their report. However, they did not tell officials of their plan to conduct an interview at the site of the drug sales.Doctor gets 40 years in opioid prescription case. He gave drugs to every patient, feds say
Officials said the address is on Calle Cerró de la Mesa and Ciénega de los Olivos of the Valle de los Olivos subdivision, where two members of a crime group recently were killed. Officials said the area was searched a few months ago. The Committee to Protect Journalists says five journalists have been killed in the country this year.
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