Mexico's Drug Wars Impacting Press Coverage

Members of the Mexican police carry a dead man inside a garage in Ciudad Juarez where five corpses were found. Ciudad Juarez, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is the most violent city in Mexico. Alcazar/Getty

Mexico Newspaper Asks Cartels for Coverage Rules -- Wall Street Journal

MEXICO CITY—The leading daily newspaper in Mexico's sixth-largest city, Ciudad Juárez, asked feuding drug gangs to dictate the rules of news coverage in the city after one of its photographers was killed last week.

The move by El Diario de Juárez, in a front-page editorial, raised concerns about growing restrictions on the media in Mexico, where at least 56 reporters have been killed in the past five years, making the country one of the most dangerous in the world for journalists, according to the Inter American Press Association, which includes some 1,300 publishers.

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Mexico daily cuts drug war coverage after slaying -- AP
A desperate plea from a Mexican newspaper -- L.A. Times
Mexican Paper Implores Drug Lords: Stop the Violence -- New York Times
Mexican newspaper asks drug cartels how to prevent its staff being murdered -- The Guardian
El Diario, biggest newspaper in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez, cedes to cartels; asks 'What can we do?' -- New York Daily News
After Journalists Murdered, Mexican Paper Decides To Cut Drug War Coverage -- NPR
Mexican media ask drug cartels, 'What do you want from us?' -- Washington Post

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Monterrey: The Latest Casualty in Mexico's Drug War -- National Interest
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