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Javier Valdez Cárdenas

Mexican crime journalist and murder victim (1967–2017).

Born April 14th, 1967 in Culiacán. [ref]

Died May 15th, 2017 at 50 years old in Culiacán (gunshot wound). [ref]

Occupations
activist, journalist, writer

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche