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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Journalist gunned down in mexico as world cup kicks off | History Defined

Mexico World Cup Reporters Without Borders RSF

A journalist was killed in the Mexican state of Veracruz on Thursday, hours before the country hosted the opening match of the 2026 World Cup.

Luis Ángel López Valdez, a crime reporter for the Vanguardia de Veracruz news outlet, was fatally shot in the city of Poza Rica in the northern part of the state, the paper said.

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