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Caught in the Crossfire

 
The Vigo couple’s murder illustrates the tug-of-war between dissent and local politics.

The journalists’ assassinations occurred less than a mile from their home: after a brief stop at a street-side kiosk where they snacked on bananas, George and Maricel Vigo boarded their motorcycle and headed home.

 
 

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