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Mexican journalist shot dead in front of six-year-old son

THE 12th journalist killed in Mexico this year was shot by a lone gunman at his son’s school Christmas party.

Gemaro Perez worked for Golfo Sur and Voz del Sur, among other media organisations, writing about security and drug trafficking.

The killer burst into his six-year-old son’s classroom and shot Mr Perez four times on Tuesday.

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