november november mexican journalist founded based magazine known reporting corruption drug trafficking work encompassed extensive research drug industry influences local leaders police mexican state baja california topics frequently avoided rest mexican media author books regarded press leading expert organized crime drug trafficking time man publish photograph drug lord response photo publication attempted kill managed survive attack continued report workings mexico criminal underworld decades received international press awards defiance mexico old regime status quo bribe taking censorship government commonplace mexico media death los_angeles_times described spiritual godfather modern mexican journalism regarded pioneer push press freedom mexico early career native began career journalist april working sportswriter moved baja california active reporting corruption drug trade promoted news editor daily newspaper moving daily editor chief unlike journalists time eager write drug trafficking corruption leading firing newspapers deciding create founded newspaper called abc paper employed future founder columnist wrote cat criticize local politicians columns eventually angered baja california state government mexico president point government ordered fire banned distribution refused team sent paper offices pretext settling labor dispute escaped united_states san_diego california surfaced new weekly publication known founded magazine printed copies united_states smuggled border mexico years magazine pair continued investigation organized crime corruption magazine ran cover story local police guarding marijuana filled warehouse story report future leaders brothers discovered police officers bought copies issue republished issue headline censored killed multiple shotgun guards later convicted murder eighteen years left marked black cross published page issue asking employer men politician murdered published investigation assassination despite conspiracy theories case magazine concluded shooting work single troubled individual 2000s wanted remove dangerous stories persuaded reporter wished continue run atop stories organized crime shot death children began policy days death stated feel remorse having created losing colleagues believe price high liked retire long time ago allow drug think able crush spirit readers believe afraid covered rise mexico drug trafficking organizations thirty years best work field took place 1990s period mexico experienced rise powerful drug west east stories considered crucial written account cites assassination attempt november planning visit new_york_city receive international award work covering drug trade political corruption relationship drug lords police days fly policeman visited warned life decided year later warning proved true ambushed wounded gunmen heading airport publishing photo drug lord nearly killed attackers opened fire car wounding abdomen killing driver bodyguard died protecting managed kill shooters suffered complications injury rest life attack car hit times bullets penetrated journalist body hit times year prominent journalists killed mexico nature work forced live self imposed home arrest traveling workplace home multiple special forces accompanied previous attacks journalists received little coverage assassination attempt newspapers mexico covered television radio attempt fueled internationally new_york_times los_angeles_times covered extensively public outcry mexican authorities decided report attack greater resources state authorities spending days hospital recovered wounds returned publishing magazine left hospital walker escorted municipal judicial state federal policemen soldiers home delegation got home crowd reports awaited allowed pictures refused answer questions soon possible said reporters entered home thanked media covering assassination attempt family erected huge brick wall story house increase security measures outside house squadron military men guarded family protected offices editors newspaper sons guard authorities times mexican authorities alleged hit man later charged gunmen attack found guilty judge death years life lived virtual prisoner accompanied escort armed guards died border city baja california november del hospital complications caused stomach cancer possibly caused embedded bullets received shot taken hospital november son confessed father lung defect dated youth prior death stopped reporting directly magazine february sent information magazine particularly issues covering drug trafficking beginning doubt ability foster change considered closing magazine death editor son persuaded let magazine continue succeeded magazine publishers death speculated placed bounty assassination publicly said wanted interview female drug lord confirm information survived wife sons reporting helped bring drug lords justice mexican drug trafficking organizations grew powerful death said interview shortly dying awards winners based honor journalists courage defending press freedom despite facing attacks threats imprisonment won maria prize columbia_university honored international editor year named austria based previous years journalist ballad memory written members band documentary published works isbn isbn isbn isbn los mafia isbn powerful mafia history latin_america
Jesús Blancornelas