Journalist murders in Mexico hit new record
source: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/mexico/091110/journalist-murders-mexico-hit-new-record
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According to a tally by El Universal, the country’s top-selling newspaper, 12 reporters, photographers, editors and radio hosts have been slain this year — two more than in the previous worst year of 2006. The deaths — all of Mexicans working for local media — make the country the most dangerous for the trade in the Western hemisphere.There have also been dozens of cases of journalists being threatened, beaten and having offices attacked with gunfire and grenades.
Particularly concerning is how the murders have become so frequent they now fail to grab much attention — either in Mexico or in the United States. Antuna’s slaying gained only scant coverage, lost in a sea of more than 5,000 apparent drug-related killings here this year.
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