Journalists reporting on corruption, violence and cartels in Mexico are risking their lives. In the first 40 days of this year, four Mexican journalists were murdered. Of the 133 journalists killed since 2000, nearly 90 percent have gone unpunished. Jan-Albert Hootsen, Mexico representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss.

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