Mexico City, February 29 (RHC)-- In Mexico, one of the men who participated in the murder of award-winning journalist Javier Valdez has been sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison.
Heriberto Picos Barraza served as a getaway driver for two other men who are charged with dragging Valdez from his car and shooting him 12 times.
The murder in May 2017 came less than a block from the office of Ríodoce, the newspaper Valdez co-founded in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.