translated from Spanish: 50 years in prison to journalist killer Miroslava Breach

Juan Carlos ‘M’, aka the “Larry”, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach Velducea.
Federal Judge Nelsson Pedraza Sotelo handed down the sentence against this man, the only one arrested for the crime of the one who was a correspondent for La Jornada in Chihuahua and a contributor to the newspaper North Juarez. 
According to the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), this resolution “is the highest sentence so far and represents a precedent in investigations of crimes committed against freedom of expression”.
The FGR credited the criminal liability of this person in the crime committed with premeditation, alevosia and advantage, and having left intimidating messages in to the tort of Miroslava Breach for the exercise of his freedom of expression.
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On March 23, 2017, the journalist died while leaving her home in Chihuaha, after a guy shot her numerous times on the orders of the “Larry”.
Miroslava Breach had reported the infiltration of organized crime into politics, with the imposition of candidacies. 
It is also known that it had in process an investigation into “the illegal drilling of water wells and the purchase of high-tech irrigation equipment in at least nine municipalities of the entity, all as part of a drug laundering operation”.
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According to Governor Javier Corral, Breach was killed in retaliation for the journalistic work she developed, published in media such as The Day.
The “Larry” was arrested in December 2017; while the alleged material perpetrator of the crime, identified as Ramón Andrés Z.C., was killed in the municipality of Los Alamos, Sonora also in December of that year.
After his arrest, the federal judge considered that Juan Carlos ‘M’ murdered the journalist by order of Crispín Salazar, leader of the los Salazar criminal group, in retaliation for the journalistic work that evidenced the nexus of organized crime with politicians in the region.
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Original source in Spanish