 If the journalists killed since the year 2000 are counted, the number of journalists killed would be of more than 60, according to a report issued by Reporters Without Borders.Cordero was killed in the state of Chihuahua in 2010, reported to be "the most violent state in Mexico" at that time.Almost one-third of all murders in the general population committed by the drug cartels during the Mexican Drug War (between 2006 and 2010) happened in the state of Chihuahua.