55º world press photo: contemporany issues - 3º prémio (reportagem)
Drug Cartel's War
08 January 2011
Uno de dos cadáveres hallados en el maletero de un taxi en el centro de la ciudad. Acapulco, el centro vacacional costero preferido por la jet set en la década de 1960, se ha convertido en un campo de batalla para las guerras entre los cárteles de la droga que asolan el país. Conforme aumenta la violencia, los clubes nocturnos cierran sus puertas y los turistas se mantienen alejados.
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Mexico
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Pedro Pardo was born in Puebla in 1974, and studied graphic design at the Insituto de Artes Visuales in Puebla. He went on to do a number of courses in photography and journalism, including workshops with Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris, and on urban photojournalism at the Centro de Estudios Martianos, in Havana. Pardo has worked as a photographer and editor with El Universal, Sintesis, El Sur, La Jornada de Oriente, and La Jornada de Guerro. Currently he works for La Jornada de Guerro in conjunction with the Agence France-Presse.