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3 Questions with Bob Evans: Salt Lake Tribune’s Nate Carlisle and Trent Nelson on covering tragic deaths in Mexico

Posted at 10:08 PM, Nov 17, 2019
and last updated 2019-11-18 00:36:04-05

SALT LAKE CITY — Families are reeling after inexplicable horror on a remote dirt road in Sonora, Mexico earlier this month.

Three women and six children with dual citizenship and ties to Utah were massacred in cold blood by a Mexican drug cartel.

For journalists, covering this story is a necessity — but a very difficult thing. And it can be extremely dangerous, considering who is really in charge in Sonora.

But Nate Carlisle and Trent Nelson with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Salt Lake Tribune took it upon themselves to go in and get the story.

FOX 13's Bob Evans sat down with the reporter-photographer pair and asked them three questions.

You can watch the full interview here: