Mexico - More attacks on media targets just six weeks before federal elections

Reporters without borders

Not a day goes by without some new horror in Mexico. The media have again been targeted in with armed attacks on two newspapers in the past four days and, a week ago, the murder of a former reporter who was supporting a presidential candidate's campaign. Will it be possible to hold normal elections on 1 July amid such violence? “With just a month and a half to go to federal elections to choose a president and fill other important posts, we call for an immediate end to the federal offensive (...)

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