Recent Violence Against the Press in Mexico

09/27/10
Latin America and the Caribbean
Drug Trade, Human Rights, Violence

Public security in Mexico has deteriorated to the point at which, on Sept. 19, the El Diario de Juárez newspaper published a front-page editorial calling out to drug traffickers for guidance in reporting. Titling it “What do you want from us?” El Diario printed the editorial amid increased violence against journalists. To see an English translation of the editorial,