last year, riodoce lost its star columnist, javier valdez.night, we honour a man who has refused to be intimidated into silence or self—censorship. javier valdez cardenas is a brave man. hisjournalism won him international recognition. javier was an inspiration to many in mexico. among them, marcos vizcarra, one of the few journalists still writing about corruption and crime in the city. someone else familiar with the missing and the murders was miroslava breach, a committed investigative reporter. based in chihuahua, another region blighted by the drugs trade, she was killed in march, one of three journalists murdered that month. patricia mayorga worked closely with miroslava. miroslava was shot in front of her son as she took him to school. her killers left behind a note with a message — "for being a loudmouth". marcos takes us on a tour of the city to see one of the cartel members‘ favourite haunts. back at the newspaper, aaron has heard someone wants to give him some secret documents. the documents detail a series of money—laundering paym