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Televisa crime reporter missing

Fri May 9, 2008 7:59pm EDT

By John Hecht

Television

MEXICO CITY (Hollywood Reporter) - A crime reporter at Mexican broadcaster Televisa is reported missing, raising fear that he may be the latest journalist to come under attack amid an increase in drug-related violence.

Reporter Jorge Carrasco disappeared April 30 in Mexico City. According to a statement Friday from Paris-based Reporters Without Borders, there is no hard evidence that his disappearance is linked to his work. However, an anonymous caller told federal authorities that Carrasco was forced into a pickup truck.

With about 30 reporters murdered since 2000, Mexico is the most dangerous nation for journalists in the Americas.

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