What is Javier Valdez Cárdenas?
{{Infobox person | name = Javier Valdez Cárdenas | image = Javier Valdez Cárdenas.jpg <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1967|04|14}} | birth_place = [[Culiacán]], [[Sinaloa]], Mexico | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|05|15|1967|04|14}} | death_place = Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | death_cause = [[Assassination]] | nationality = [[Mexico|Mexican]] | other_names = | occupation = Journalist, author | organization = ''[[Ríodoce]]'' | known_for = Investigative journalism of organized crime | awards = {{ill|CPJ International Press Freedom Awards|lt=International Press Freedom Award|en|CPJ International Press Freedom Awards}} (2011) }} '''Javier Valdez Cárdenas''' (April 14, 1967 – May 15, 2017) was a [[Mexico|Mexican]] journalist and founder of ''[[Ríodoce]]'', a newspaper based in [[Sinaloa]]. He received several international awards for his writings on drug trafficking and organized crime in the [[Mexican Drug War]]. == Death == On May 15, 2017, Valdez Cárdenas was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen around noon, blocks away from the ''Ríodoce'' offices in [[Culiacán]], Sinaloa.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-39930253|title=Asesinan a tiros en Sinaloa a Javier Valdez, el periodista que cubrió como nadie el narco mexicano|last=Paullier|first=Juan|date=15 May 2017|work=BBC Mundo|access-date=16 May 2017|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.univision.com/noticias/america-latina/asesinan-al-periodista-mexicano-javier-valdez-cardenas-quien-cubria-temas-de-narcotrafico-en-el-estado-de-sinaloa|title=Asesinan al periodista mexicano Javier Valdez Cárdenas, quien cubría temas de narcotráfico en el estado de Sinaloa|date=15 May 2017|website=Univision|language=es|access-date=16 May 2017}}</ref> He was 50 y