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UC Berkeley graduate student Gabriel Trujillo killed while doing field research in Mexico, officials say

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University of California, Berkeley graduate student Gabriel Trujillo was killed in Mexico last week, ABC News has learned. A University of California, Berkeley graduate student was killed in Mexico, ABC News has learned. Gabriel Trujillo, a botanist who was a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Integrative Biology, was killed in the Mexican state of Sonora last week while doing field research , according to a statement from UC Berkeley obtained by San Francisco ABC station KGO on Friday. MORE: Paramedics say they felt 'intoxication symptoms' in Mexico hotel room where 2 Americans were found dead Gabriel Trujillo conducts field research for his doctorate in Arizona in this undated file photo. Roxanne Cruz-de Hoyos via AP The university, located in Northern California, said it received confirmation of Trujillo's death on June 23. "Local police authorities are investigating," UC Berkeley said in the statement. "This is heartbreaking news and camp...

Hong Kong denies knowledge about Uyghur student, slams Amnesty for saying he disappeared at airport

Hong Kong has criticized Amnesty International’s accusation that a Uyghur student disappeared after being interrogated at the airport HONG KONG -- Hong Kong on Saturday criticized rights group Amnesty International’s accusation that a Uyghur student disappeared after being interrogated at the airport, and said that government records showed that he had not entered or been refused entry to the city. Amnesty International said Friday that Abuduwaili Abudureheman, who was born in Xinjiang in western China, had Travel ed to Hong Kong from South Korea to visit a friend on May 10 but has since gone missing after he texted the friend about being interrogated after his arrival. He spent the last seven years studying in Seoul, completing a Ph.D. in Sports and leisure in 2022, according to the group. In a statement, the government strongly condemned Amnesty’s “groundless and unfounded remarks" as an attempt to smear it. “In fact, the records of the HKSAR Government show that the person has...