By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 20:02 EST, 25 April 2013 | UPDATED: 01:22 EST, 26 April 2013 The hacked-up bodies of a photojournalist and another young man have been found in the northern Mexico city of Saltillo, authorities said Thursday. Photographer Daniel Martinez Bazaldua, 22, had recently been hired to cover social events for Vanguardia, the paper said in a story in its online edition. Officials identified the other man as Julian Zamora, 23. Saltillo is in northern Coahuila state, an area where the Zetas drug cartel is active. Another Coahuila newspaper recently announced it would no longer publish stories about drug gangs, after receiving threats apparently signed by a Zetas leader.
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Daniel Martinez Balzadua was hired by newspaper Vanguardia to cover social events
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Body parts of Martinez Balzadua and Julian Zamora, 23, found in Saltillo where notorious Zetas drug cartel are active
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Hand-written sign found near piles of body parts claiming both victims tried to leave gang
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‘We think it is sad and alarming that @placeholder has become a state in which the authorities condemn murdered people, converting them into criminals, without offering the least evidence,’ the newspaper wrote.