No, not in the Middle East.

In Venezuela. A first. A crusading journalist who asked too many questions about aluminum mining, the same damn industry the Russian mafia hits journalists for. By terrorists. With never-before-seen-in-Venezuela methods.

To terrify.

Alek Boyd now has an update here. It turns out they didn’t completely chop his head off, but they came close and the guy died.

Tags | Journalism, Venezuela