Young American Journalist Found Dead in Mexico City

ABC News(MEXICO CITY) -- A young journalist interning with the Associated Press in Mexico City has been found dead.

Twenty-two-year-old Armando Montano's body was found on Saturday in the elevator shaft of an apartment building near where he was staying.

Montano was from Colorado Springs, Colo., and had just graduated from college.

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City is monitoring the investigation into his death.

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