Mexican newspaper stops covering violence after second grenade attack in two months – thestar.com.
Wednesday July 11, 2012
MEXICO CITY—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.
READ MORE: Journalists’ killings spread fear in Mexico
Related articles
- Three attacks against newspapers in Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey (valleycentral.com)
