Mexico Paper, a Drug War Victim, Calls for a Voice – NYTimes.com

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Mexico Paper, a Drug War Victim, Calls for a Voice

After the killing of an El Diario intern, an editorial asked organized crime leaders to tell the paper what it should publish.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/americas/21mexico.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

“We want you to explain to us what you want from us,” the front-page editorial in El Diario in Ciudad Juárez asked the leaders of organized crime. “What are we supposed to publish or not publish, so we know what to abide by. You are at this time the de facto authorities in this city because the legal authorities have not been able to stop our colleagues from falling.”