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Mexican activist who counted murders in his violence-plagued city is himself killed

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An activist who documented murders in one of Mexico’s deadliest cities has himself been killed, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

Adolfo Enríquez was killed in the city of , in north-central Guanajuato state. The city has the third-highest number of homicides in , trailing only the border cities.

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