Once Hailed As Mexico's Bravest Woman, 21-Year-Old Loses Police Chief Job : The Two-Way : NPR

Once Hailed As Mexico's Bravest Woman, 21-Year-Old Loses Police Chief Job : The Two-Way : NPR: After she stepped forward last year to take a job no one else wanted because of the drug-related violence — police chief in the Mexican border town of Praxedis G. Guerrero — Marisol Valles was called the 'bravest woman in Mexico.'

Now, she's the ex-police chief. Valles, 21, was 'fired Monday for apparently abandoning her post after receiving death threats,' the Associated Press reports. [The AP says Valles is 20; we're relying on the PBS News Hour for her age.]

ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer reported Friday that Valles had left Mexico after receiving death threats and is seeking political asylum in the U.S.