mexican journalist political columnist worked read newspapers mexico_city direct reporting style column red private network publicly exposed government law enforcement corruption organized crime drug trafficking distributed read newspapers mexico born state wrote official magazine pan losing interest party left work editor chief left newspaper worked different media outlets mexico 1970s 80s including mexico_city based newspapers recognized largely investigative reporting particularly coverage cia covert operations mexico rise ultra groups fraudulent businessmen corruption mexico state owned petroleum company role organized crime mexico political system famous breaking news controversial political subjects thanks access mexican officials investigative reporting angered frequent target death threats took seriously afternoon left office mexico_city walking car man shot times killing scene years murder case remained irregularities including loss evidence members extinct mexico police force close arrested involvement murder murder case closed perpetrators arrested journalists doubt probe results believe murder arrested early life born mexico march child father mother attended religious elementary school located theatre hometown age parents moved enrolled studied years teenager contributed magazine pan pan early life later lost interest party mother died natural causes june returned years awarded scholarship jesuit high school mexico_city graduation attended private law school mexico_city dropped care family following death father journalism career worked met magazine secretary married january wrote professional career began newspaper worked editor crime reporter political columnist newspaper editor chief january time started daily column red private network wrote alleged organized crime mexico political system left work newspaper wrote political column control directed weekly wrote column political concert january appointed head mexico_city alongside turned position june following massacre student year later worked advisor head bank mexico befriended shortly appointed director offered position director institution department year head department invited work time professor job journalist held death december left post time columnist worked newspaper owned facing differences owners print media company left august work newspaper based mexico_city lasting december year left work daily newspaper largest mexico_city newspaper wrote column red distributed read newspaper mexico column wrote covert operations cia mexico cold war ultra groups businessmen corrupt government officials involved drug trafficking investigations angered mexico political elite frequent target death threats took death threats received seriously carried pistol belt leather pocket prior death wrote extensively alleged corruption mexico allegations leader national oil company head mexico_city police force criticized role government cia mexico published names american officials involved secret operations quick publish controversial reports direct reporting respected generally considered reliable given access mexican officials read journalist mexico print media cited newspapers journalists influential political columnist mexico second half 20th century death wednesday left offices headed car parking lot near avenue neighborhood mexico_city got closer car tall man wearing jeans black jacket baseball cap approached violently grabbed coat shooting times super carrying waist able defend moment death killing fled motorcycle man witnessed murder managed faces assassins including colleague man parked vehicle close journalist bus driver arrive murder scene head mexico equivalent fbi main sources political publications photos corpse circulated mexico rest world suspicions fell ultra group largely criticized campus suspicions turned drug high level government officials specifically according local media reports killed agents went columnist office stole files investigation murder alongside killing journalists mexico year sent chilling message newspapers country bullets killed directed man freedom expression said page read day killing killing immediately condemned administration president promised bring perpetrators justice thorough investigation investigation dragged years arrests inconsistencies including loss evidence june charged planning murder agent great president charged alias shot point blank hypothesis responsible driving motorcycle real assassin escape agents arrested main suspects reported murdered unclear circumstances formally charged perpetrators administration president sentenced years prison respectively released prison february good conduct serving half sentences public intellectuals journalists press freedom organizations newspapers politicians protested releases returned prison later year failed provide formal letter release september released prison mexico_city judge granted opportunity fulfill remaining years sentence residence unstable health conditions mexican government closed case arrests journalists doubted results investigation believed murder case remained large published books santa saint death cia cia mexico far right mexico exercise oil dealers humor businessmen thinking action right job informing
Manuel Buendía