Last week, The New York Times reported that the dismembered bodies of three photojournalists were found in the Mexican state of Veracruz. A crime magazine reporter was found murdered in her home in the same area just days before.

They were likely victims of the drug gangs and criminal organizations that have plagued certain regions of Mexico in recent years. The gangs have targeted journalists -- 44 reporters and photographers have been murdered in the past six years, according to monitoring groups cited in the Times story.