Adriana Gomez Licon ventured deep into an area of Mexico where journalists operate under constant risk of attack. Reporting alone, and with considerable initiative, she pieced together details of the death of a young woman killed in a shootout between the cartels.
The result is a compelling narrative, meticulously reported with a fine eye for detail and dialogue, which offers an illuminating look inside the drug wars. The reporter went to admirable lengths to illustrate the human cost of the violence.