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June 29, 2017

Mexico: Journalists Call for End to Attacks on Media Workers
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In Mexico City, journalists and their supporters rallied Wednesday
outside the National Palace to call on the government to take action to
end a spate of attacks on media workers. The protest came as the
Committee to Protect Journalists said Mexico is the world's deadliest
country for reporters so far in 2017. This is Mexican investigative
reporter Álvaro Delgado.

Álvaro Delgado: "There is a serious crisis of violence against
journalists that is not new but has deepened in recent years. It is in
the context of the violence that exists in the country, but to a large
extent the crisis has worsened by the disdainful and often complicit
conduct by the government of Mexico."

The protest came after the body of journalist Salvador Adame was
discovered in the state of Michoacán, more than a month after he was
kidnapped. Adame is at least the seventh journalist to be killed in
Mexico this year.


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