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Photojournalist Margarito Martinez was shot dead this week in the northern border city of Tijuana, the second journalist to be killed in Mexico in just weeks.

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Family and colleagues of a well-known crime photographer in Mexico gathered last night to pay their final respects. Margarito Martinez was shot dead this week in the northern border city of Tijuana. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports.

CARRIE KAHN, BYLINE²: Relatives and friends of Margarito Martinez gathered inside a small chapel³ at a midtown Tijuana mortuary last night. Rosa Martinez Esquivel (ph) says her younger brother was a great man.

ROSA MARTINEZ ESQUIVEL: (Non-English language spoken).

KAHN: "And a great father, a great brother and son," she says. Dozens of flower arrangements and several poster-sized portraits of Martinez surrounded his simple, wooden casket. A small stand was outfitted⁴ with his signature beige vest, black hat and his long lens camera. In Tijuana, with one of Mexico's highest crime rates, Martinez had no shortage of material.

ESQUIVEL: (Non-English language spoken).

KAHN: "We always worried about the work he did," says his sister. "But we never thought this could happen." Martinez photographed crime scenes here for nearly two decades. Colleagues called him 4-4 - cuatro, cuatro - like the police code, says local reporter Gabriela Martinez Cordova (ph).

GABRIELA MARTINEZ CORDOVA: For the cops, it's different. But for us, that was the signal everything is calm.

KAHN: It was the signal Martinez would give to fellow reporters that a crime site was safe to visit since he was usually the first one on the scene. On Monday afternoon, Martinez left his house, working on a tip. He took photos for at least five local outlets⁵ and often worked with national and international reporters, too. He was shot right outside his house.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

MARGARITO MARTINEZ: (Non-English language spoken).

KAHN: Recently, Martinez told colleagues he felt threatened, like in this voice message he sent to a fellow reporter last month.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

MARTINEZ: (Non-English language spoken).

KAHN: He was most concerned about a public conflict he had with a man who posts graphic⁶ crime scenes and other images to Facebook and social media sites. That blogger was arrested Wednesday but hasn't been charged in Martinez's murder. In recent years, there's been a proliferation of such websites, many free to post unsubstantiated accusations⁷ about the city's shadowy underworld. Jan-Albert Hootsen, the Committee to Protect Journalists Mexico representative, says the sites blur⁸ the lines of journalism⁹. So one can't tell who is a real reporter and who isn't.

JAN-ALBERT HOOTSEN: They don't know how to distinguish between traditional journalists and those who have these sort of murky¹⁰ websites and blogs. And they will end up showing violent behavior towards everybody who does any kind of coverage¹¹ in such a situation.

KAHN: Hootsen says most crimes go unsolved in Mexico. So killers¹² continue to kill with near complete impunity¹³. Mexico is one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists outside war zones. Reporter Gabriela Martinez Cordova says she writes a lot about Tijuana's crime victims.

CORDOVA: But I think this is the first time that I have this sensation. I don't want to write.

KAHN: She says this time, though, when it's about her friend's death, she just can't find the words.

Carrie Kahn, NPR News, Tijuana.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

4 outfitted   

v.装备，配置设备，供给服装( outfit的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They outfitted for the long journey. 他们为远途旅行准备装束。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• They outfitted him with artificial legs. 他们为他安了假腿。 来自辞典例句

5 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

7 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

8 blur   

n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚

参考例句：

• The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
• If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。

9 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

10 murky   

adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗

参考例句：

• She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
• She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。

11 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

12 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

13 impunity   

n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除

参考例句：

• You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
• The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。