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El Chapo's sons killed Mexican journalist Javier Valdez, witness tells trial

Mexican journalist Javier Valdez was an AFP stringer and co-founder of the weekly Riodoce de Sinaloa. [File, AFP]

The sons of former drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman killed Mexican journalist Javier Valdez because he insisted on publishing an interview with a drug trafficker, who told of the murder in court Wednesday.

Damaso Lopez Nunez, known as "The Lawyer," testified that the slain journalist -- who specialized in drug trafficking reporting -- "disobeyed the threatening orders of my compadre's children and that's why they killed him."

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