Journalists on Front Line of Mexico Drug War: 'Fear is Terrible and Well Founded' Jo Tuckman - The Guardian
go to original April 9, 2013

Several journalists hold pictures of colleagues who were victims of violence as they take part in a march in Mexico City. (EPA/Mario Guzman)

Gun battles lasting for hours, seven decapitated bodies theatrically seated on a row of garden chairs, a video communique promising peace and tranquility read out against a backdrop of 70 armed, uniformed and masked men – Mexico's drug wars go on. But four months into the new government of President Enrique Peña Nieto, finding out about them is getting more difficult than ever.

"There is less information all the time," says Roberto González of the freedom of expression group Article 19. "It is alarming."

The most obvious problem is the pressure from organized criminal groups that limits coverage of the violence in the local media outlets closest to the conflict zones. This took root during the previous administration of Felipe Calderón, the president whose crackdown on the cartels triggered the initial killing spiral. There is nothing to indicate the trend is changing.

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