Miroslava Breach, a reporter for La Jornada and el Norte de Juarez, was shot dead while she was in a car outside her home in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The dead of the third journalist in a month in Mexico is raising new alarms about the state of free expression in a country.

According to Los Angeles Times, Mexican journalist Miroslava Breach spent her final days documenting murders. The famous journalist reported the six people killed in a single night in her home state of Chihuahua, and on the assassination of a well-known environment there.

Miroslava Breach became the victim of the growing violence in Mexico on Thursday that she chronicled so thoroughly. The 54-year-old journalist and mother of three were killed as she left her home in the capital city of Chihuahua, the third journalist slain in Mexico this month. Breach was known for reporting on issues including organized crime and drug trafficking.

The Amnesty International has reported that the journalist was shot several times as she pulled her car out of the garage early in the morning. One of the children with her at the time of the incident was unhurt.Miroslava Breach was rushed to the nearest local hospital, where she pronounced dead.

The local authorities and police officers have not arrested any of the suspects in the case. The local report has stated that Breach was likely killed because of her journalism. Miroslava Breach cast a critical light not only on Mexico's criminal groups but also the failing of its government. However, the journalist's committee urged the Mexican government to put an end to the violence by bringing the perpetrators to justice.

The International Federation of Journalist has reported that Mexico is the third deadliest country for journalists in the world, with more than 120 murders in the last 25 years. During the time, only Iraq and the Philippines saw more journalists killed.

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