Two more journalists killed in Mexico

Javier Valdez, an award-winning reporter who specialized in covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was slain Monday in the northern state of Sinaloa, the latest in a wave of journalist killings in Mexico, the AP reports.

Valdez is at least the sixth journalist to be murdered in Mexico since early March, He was shot to death in the early afternoon in the state capital of Culiacan, near the offices of the publication he co-founded, Riodoce.

The national newspaper Milenio reported late Monday that another journalist and her son were shot dead by gunmen in the city of Autlan in Jalisco, another state known for cartel activity. Jalisco officials did not immediately respond to phone calls seeking confirmation.