Culture | Murdering the messenger

Katherine Corcoran chronicles the perils of Mexican journalists

“In the Mouth of the Wolf” examines the killing of one among many

A photograph of slain journalist Regina Martinez hangs on a cross during a vigil in her honor outside the municipal offices in Xalapa, Mexico, late Sunday April 29, 2012. The Mexican government's human rights commission said Sunday that it will investigate the apparent slaying of a correspondent for Proceso newsmagazine who often wrote about drug trafficking. Police found the body of Martinez on Saturday inside the bathroom of her home in the Veracruz state capital, Xalapa. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

In the Mouth of the Wolf. By Katherine Corcoran. Bloomsbury; 336 pages; $28

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