MEXICO. – The Mexican press group "Zocalo," announced that it will now refrain from publishing information related to organized crime, considering that "there are no security guarantees for journalism" and in order to ensure "the integrity and security" of its staff.
The decision was taken by the Editorial Board of Zocalo, which publishes editions in Saltillo, Monclova, Piedras Negras and Ciudad Acuña, all which are cities that are located in the northern state of Coahuila.
In an article, the group said that the decision to suspend the information linked to organized crime is based on its responsibility to "ensure the integrity and security of over a thousand employees" and their families.
In recent weeks several sources of media have experienced a new wave of attacks that killed two people in northern Mexico, including journalist Jaime Guadalupe Gonzalez, director of a news portal in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.
Killed on March 3, 2013. Gonzalez now becomes the first journalist murdered in the new administration of Enrique Peña Nieto, who official became the President of Mexico on December 1, 2012.
According to the National Human Rights Commission, since the year 2000 over eighty journalists have died in Mexico.
According to the news organization Reporteros Sin Fronteras (Reporters Without Borders), after Afghanistan, Mexico is the second most dangerous country in the world for journalists.
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