Complex sentence: The two photographers were kidnapped and murdered in August in Michoacan, Mexico... and it is important because... these photojournalists could have been killed because of their employment as freelance journalists who sometimes photographed accident scenes for the police department.
Split into simpler sentences: The two photographers were kidnapped and murdered in August in Michoacan, Mexico. These photojournalists could have been killed because of their employment as freelance journalists who sometimes photographed accident scenes for the police department.