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May 5, 2017

Committee to Protect Journalists: Mexican Government Failing
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In Mexico, the Committee to Protect Journalists blasted President
Enrique Peña Nieto for failing to shield media workers, saying criminal
gangs and corrupt officials kidnap and murder with impunity to silence
critics. This is CPJ coordinator Carlos Lauría.

Carlos Lauría: "The reality is that violence against journalists is a
problem that goes beyond journalism. It's affecting fundamental human
rights of all Mexicans, including journalists and reporters. It's
inhibiting the possibility that Mexicans openly debate the problems that
afflict society. And indirectly, it is also affecting the stability of
the country's democracy."

More than 100 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 2000, and
last March was the worst month on record, with at least seven
journalists shot across Mexico.


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