Mexico - Open letter to president-elect of a country with 100 dead or missing journalists

Reporters without borders

Dear President-Elect Peña Nieto, You are ending a European tour with a visit to Paris before being sworn in as your country's next president on 1 December. Tomorrow you will meet with French President François Hollande and the next day you will address the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on "Changes in Mexico and their role in the panorama of global change." Will the changes your refer to include the tragic toll of a decade of extreme violence in your country? Are they (...)

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