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J. Jesús Blancornelas (November 14, 1936 – November 23, 2006) was a Mexican journalist who co-founded the Tijuana-based Zeta magazine, known for its reporting on corruption and drug trafficking. His work encompassed an extensive research on how the drug industry influences local leaders and the police in the Mexican state of Baja California – topics frequently avoided by the rest of the Mexican media.

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  • J. Jesús Blancornelas (November 14, 1936 – November 23, 2006) was a Mexican journalist who co-founded the Tijuana-based Zeta magazine, known for its reporting on corruption and drug trafficking. His work encompassed an extensive research on how the drug industry influences local leaders and the police in the Mexican state of Baja California – topics frequently avoided by the rest of the Mexican media. As an author of six books, Blancornelas was regarded by the press as a leading expert on organized crime and drug trafficking during his time. He was also the first man to publish a photograph of Ramón Arellano Félix, the former drug lord of the Tijuana Cartel. In response to the photo publication, the cartel attempted to kill Blancornelas in 1997, but he managed to survive the attack and continued to report on the workings of Mexico's criminal underworld. For more than two decades, Blancornelas received several international press awards for his defiance of Mexico's old regime status quo, where bribe-taking and censorship by the government were commonplace in Mexico's media. After his death, the Los Angeles Times and the Committee to Protect Journalists described him as "the spiritual godfather of modern Mexican journalism." Blancornelas is also regarded as a pioneer in the push for press freedom in Mexico. (en)
  • Jesús Blancornelas (San Luis Potosí, México, 13 de noviembre de 1936 - Tijuana, México, 23 de noviembre de 2006) fue un periodista mexicano, fundador del periódico ABC de Tijuana y el semanario . Autor de muchos artículos periodísticos en donde informaba de actividades desviadas de los políticos de la época, aunque posteriormente la información se basó en la aparición y crecimiento de los cárteles de la droga en la frontera norte con los Estados Unidos, en donde se habían coludido políticos del gobierno mexicano. (es)
  • José Jesús Blancornelas (né en 1936 à San Luis Potosí et décédé le 23 novembre 2006 à l'hôpital de Tijuana), était un journaliste mexicain. (fr)
  • José de Jesús Blancornelas (San Luis Potosí, 13 november 1936 - Tijuana, 23 november 2006) was een Mexicaans journalist. (nl)
  • J. Jesús Blancornelas (San Luis Potosí, 14 novembre 1936 – Tijuana, 23 novembre 2006) è stato uno scrittore e giornalista messicano, che ha co-fondato nel 1980 la rivista Zeta con sede a Tijuana, nota per i suoi reportage sulla corruzione e il traffico di droga. Il suo lavoro si concentrava sulla ricerca di come l' influenzasse i leader locali e la polizia nello stato messicano della Baja California. (it)
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  • CPJ International Press Freedom Award (en)
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  • Jesús Blancornelas (San Luis Potosí, México, 13 de noviembre de 1936 - Tijuana, México, 23 de noviembre de 2006) fue un periodista mexicano, fundador del periódico ABC de Tijuana y el semanario . Autor de muchos artículos periodísticos en donde informaba de actividades desviadas de los políticos de la época, aunque posteriormente la información se basó en la aparición y crecimiento de los cárteles de la droga en la frontera norte con los Estados Unidos, en donde se habían coludido políticos del gobierno mexicano. (es)
  • José Jesús Blancornelas (né en 1936 à San Luis Potosí et décédé le 23 novembre 2006 à l'hôpital de Tijuana), était un journaliste mexicain. (fr)
  • José de Jesús Blancornelas (San Luis Potosí, 13 november 1936 - Tijuana, 23 november 2006) was een Mexicaans journalist. (nl)
  • J. Jesús Blancornelas (San Luis Potosí, 14 novembre 1936 – Tijuana, 23 novembre 2006) è stato uno scrittore e giornalista messicano, che ha co-fondato nel 1980 la rivista Zeta con sede a Tijuana, nota per i suoi reportage sulla corruzione e il traffico di droga. Il suo lavoro si concentrava sulla ricerca di come l' influenzasse i leader locali e la polizia nello stato messicano della Baja California. (it)
  • J. Jesús Blancornelas (November 14, 1936 – November 23, 2006) was a Mexican journalist who co-founded the Tijuana-based Zeta magazine, known for its reporting on corruption and drug trafficking. His work encompassed an extensive research on how the drug industry influences local leaders and the police in the Mexican state of Baja California – topics frequently avoided by the rest of the Mexican media. (en)
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