Mexico - Online coverage of drug-trafficking under threat in Tamaulipas

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The authorities in Mexico's northeastern border state of Tamaulipas are said to behind smear campaigns and acts of intimidation targeting journalists and bloggers in this region. A blogger who is one of the leading users of #Reynosafollow, a Twitter network where a great deal of information about organized crime is posted, reported on 21 July that he has become the target of threats and smears on social networks. The bloggers, who tweets as @MrCruzStar and uses the blog name of “Chuy News” (...)

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