A Mexican reporter sought asylum in the U.S. after receiving death threats. ICE detained him.

Martin Mendez's ordeal began when he wrote a story about Mexican police officers arresting a man who was injured in an accident. The headline of the article, published in February 2016 in the Novedades Acapulco newspaper, reads: “Gendarmes, abusan y violan los derechos de los ciudadanos” (Security forces abuse and violate the rights of citizens). About a month […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/04/07/a-mexican-reporter-sought-asylum-in-the-u-s-after-receiving-death-threats-ice-detained-him/