AMLO has said very little on the subject of the Mexican government's fight with the drug cartels, except for perhaps calling it "stupid." Yet in speech in Cuernavaca yesterday, he certainly used the topic to ramp up his discourse more than a few notches:
He accused the federal government, as well as state governments, of "colluding with organized crime."
As far as I can tell, this is a first.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Mexico no longer has a free press, according to Freedom House
Freedom House's Freedom of the Press Report 2011, available here and released this morning, notably lists Mexico as "Partly Free" due to the deteriorating conditions for its journalists.
While the narcos will of course share the blunt of the blame for this, sadly they're not the only actor threatening journalists:
Yesterday, during the May 1 celebration, members of the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME) again attacked journalists, beating up at least five for trying to take photographs of what appeared to be a collapsing stage.
While the narcos will of course share the blunt of the blame for this, sadly they're not the only actor threatening journalists:
Yesterday, during the May 1 celebration, members of the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME) again attacked journalists, beating up at least five for trying to take photographs of what appeared to be a collapsing stage.
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