Ph.D. Student killed by cartel while researching plants in Mexico
A tragic incident unfolded in Mexico as a U.S. Ph.D. student, Gabriel Trujillo, was shot seven times and left to die in a black SUV during a research trip. A 31-year-old botanist and Ph.D. student from the University of California, Berkeley, he crossed the border in a black SUV with American plates. He had ventured into the former territory of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, where violence has escalated due to the ongoing …