Mexico - Three grenade attacks on newspapers in one day, post-election tension continues

Reporters without borders

Armed attacks on news media are relatively common in northern Mexico, but the region saw three grenade attacks on newspaper buildings in a single day yesterday and in one case shots were also fired at the building's facade. The targeted publications were El Mañana, a daily based in Nuevo Laredo (in Tamaulipas state), which suffered a similar attack on 11 May; La Silla, the weekly supplement of El Norte, a daily based in Monterrey (in Nuevo León state); and Linda Vista, another El Norte (...)

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