Mexican journalist drops his efforts for asylum in U.S. - Severely beaten in Hermosillo, he can’t pay a lawyer

“A Mexican journalist who applied for U.S. asylum after being severely beaten in Hermosillo, Sonora, has decided to drop his petition.
Claudio Tiznado recently told the Committee to Protect Journalists, which documented his case, that his decision didnt come easy. But given the diplomatic relations between the two countries and his inability to pay an attorney, Tiznado said he believed securing asylum would be an uphill battle.”

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