This is a bit old, but I've been meaning to post something like this: in Poder, Carlos Lauría discusses last year's journalistic casualties of Mexico's insecurity. In 2008, five reporters were killed and another disappeared, which bring the total to 24 in the past eight years. Aside from that, numerous newspapers suffered threats that resulted in self-censorship. Mexico remains the Western Hemisphere's most dangerous country for journalists, as well as one of the most dangerous in the world.
Lauría also expresses dismay that the federal official charged with monitoring and combating journalists' killings, Octavio Orellana Wiarco, has shown a tendancy to downplay the violence. Another sign that Mexico simply isn't taking the issue seriously: the convicted murderer of journalist Manuel Buendía is being released, after having his 25-year sentence reduced to 19.
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