Civil war!11/07/2012 9:43:17 PM
CBC News
The El Manana newspaper in the northern Mexico border city of Nuevo Laredo says it will stop covering violent criminal disputes after suffering a second grenade attack against its offices in two months.
Other northern Mexican newspapers have quietly adopted similar policies of not covering drug cartel violence to protect their staffs against threats and violent attacks including kidnappings and murders carried out by gangs that either don't want their activities to appear in print, or are angered by coverage of their rivals.
But El Manana's announcement Tuesday was unusual because it was public. The paper did not say who it thought was behind the attack earlier in the day, nor give a possible motive.
"We ask for the public's comprehension and will refrain, for as long as needed, from publishing any information related to the violent disputes our city and other regions of the country are suffering," the paper said in an editorial.
Nuevo Laredo, like much of Tamaulipas state, has been the scene of bloody battles between the Zetas drug gang and the Gulf cartel, supported by allies in the Sinaloa cartel. Nuevo Laredo is located across the border from Laredo, Texas.
"The company's editorial and administrative board has been forced to make this regrettable decision by circumstances we are all familiar with, and by the lack of adequate conditions for freely exercising professional journalism," according to the El Manana statement.
"We will only address the [violent crime] issue through the opinions of professional analysts who study the phenomenon in an intelligent and responsible way."
Also Tuesday, gunmen threw grenades and opened fire on two buildings belonging to the El Norte newspaper in the northern state of Nuevo Leon. No injuries were reported in those attacks, and that newspaper has not announced any change in coverage.
The newspaper reported Monday that employees of a local motor vehicle bureau were suspected of improperly providing thousands of licence plates that were used to make stolen cars appear to be legitimately licensed vehicles that were then sold to unsuspecting buyers.
El Manana and one of El Norte's offices, home to a weekly local supplement of the paper, both have been attacked before.
"It is appalling that three Mexican media outlets, two of which have been attacked repeatedly in the past, were violently targeted in a single day," said Carlos LaurDia, CPJ's senior program co-ordinator for the Americas. "Mexican authorities must fully investigate these crimes, provide protection to the outlets, and ensure that the journalists can work without fearing for their lives."
Since 2000, 81 journalists have been killed and 16 kidnapped in the drug war, the Mexican government's human rights commission says. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says 48 journalists have been murdered or disappeared since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against drug cartels in December 2006.
Some of the Mexican papers that have made similar decisions not to cover drug violence continue to print crime sections, but fill them with stories about traffic accidents. Others have decided to protect themselves by covering homicides only by printing police statements, without investigating. Still others continue to file stories, but try to avoid mentioning the name of any specific gang or cartel.
Send in the marines.
Send in NATO
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Mexican papers halt crime coverage for fear of reprisals | Sympatico.ca News
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...(CNNMéxico) — Los cuerpos de nueve personas fueron colgados en un puente de Nuevo Laredo, informaron a CNNMéxico fuentes oficiales de la alcaldía, mientras que otros 14 cadáveres decapitados fueron arrojados en otro punto de la ciudad.
Durante la madrugada de este viernes, habitantes de esta ciudad fronteriza con Estados Unidos encontraron los cuerpos de cinco hombres y cuatro mujeres que colgaban de un puente de una importante vialidad de la ciudad.
"Estamos investigando. Creemos que está relacionado con un grupo de la delincuencia organizada, pero no podemos especular", dijo un funcionario militar que pidió anonimato a CNN.
Todos los cuerpos tenían señales de haber sido golpeados y torturados, informó la fuente militar. Tenían las manos atadas a la espalda y siete de ellos tenían los ojos vendados, agregó.
Se les colocó un mensaje en una manta, de acuerdo con la alcaldía, y se les señalaba como responsables de una explosión registrada el pasado 24 de abril, cuando una granada fue lanzada a un coche frente a las instalaciones de Seguridad Pública local.
Este viernes, elementos federales de seguridad acudieron al sitio para retirar los cadáveres colgados en el puente vehicular Luis Donaldo Colosio que cruza la carretera Nuevo Laredo-Monterrey.
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This just in
Actúan con cautela
Pero aun con las versiones periodísticas que citaban las fuentes policiacas anónimas, los editores de la página de internet no confirmaron la noticia sobre el homicidio de uno de sus supuestos administradores, tal y como lo hicieran el día que asesinaron a la NenaDLaredo. En esa ocasión, colocaron una pequeña leyenda en el portal para recordar y reprobar el crimen de la periodista.
Tras el crimen, incluso, los moderadores del chat recomendaron a sus usuarios cambiar constantemente sus nombres y pseudónimos al hacer uso de la red, esto con el fin de garantizar una mayor seguridad y evitar ser ubicados por los grupos criminales allí denunciados.
En la Procuraduría de Justicia de Tamaulipas, instancia encargada de investigar los crímenes cometidos en el estado, tampoco conocen la identidad de la persona asesinada este miércoles. Entrevistado telefónicamente, el Jefe de Prensa de la dependencia, Rubén Ríos López, explicó que serán las autoridades federales las que investigarán el homicidio. —Nosotros fuimos los que acudimos a levantar el cuerpo, pero será la federación la que finalmente se encargue de investigar, —respondió el Funcionario, quien dijo desconocer la identidad de la víctima.
¿Más casos?
Lo único cierto hasta el momento, es que de confirmarse que la persona fallecida este miércoles era uno de los usuarios del chat enfocado a recibir denuncias anónimas contra el crimen organizado, sería la segunda víctima asesinada por hacer uso de las redes sociales e informar de los actos criminales cometidos en Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
Los muertos en esa localidad por hacer uso de las redes sociales contra la delincuencia, sin embargo, podría elevarse a cuatro, de corroborarse que el homicidio de un hombre y una mujer de 25 y 28 años, respectivamente, ocurrido la segunda semana de septiembre, se debió a las denuncias que estaban haciendo a través de la red social Twitter, tal y como la advertía un mensaje encontrado cerca de los cuerpos. Esta versión no ha sido confirmada por la Procuraduría de Justicia local, instancia que hasta el momento no ha dado a conocer la identidad de estos jóvenes y el posible móvil por el que fueron asesinados.
I don't speak French
They're saying if news agencies report the violence in bad light they become targets. Since there's no avenue to report murder, beheading and torture in good light it makes no sense to report it at all. Staying neutral in reporting such shit is too thin a tightrope. So why report at all. Plus the cartels are using the media to advertise their acts and instill fear in the people and their competition, all of which land in perpetrators favour.
Thank you
I've just decided Mexican food is over-rated anyhow. I'm stayin' here.
Take me down to the paranormal city where the girls are green and they have three titties...
Oh, won't you please take me home?
Jonny still didn't answer who the pic of that Mexican babe is.
How long before it spills across the border?Originally Posted by jonny danger
Will Canada be affected?
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And that as well, needless to say.
11 months, 4 days, 17 hours and 32 minutes.
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what Mexican babe?
The one that looks like an actress.... which I'm sure she is.
The girl I posted on the Sarah thread?
maybe, I don't remember!
Looks like 80's photo and pro
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the one you said it's your ex
Oh, on Cluz' too hot thread. She's Thai. No actress, no pro.
Really..... a Thai? Very interesting. 80's right?
Dude, poor people have a tuff time keeping up with fashion trends. That photo was 3 years ago.
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