Drug cartels, media blackouts and more are commonplace along border
August 10, 2010
Kimberly Dvorak
8/3/2010
A virtual media blackout is taking place along Mexico’s borders, and nowhere is the need to get the stories out more important than the U.S./Mexican border- a place where more than 25,000 have lost their lives because of cartel violence.
“After years of relative calm, the gangland nightmare is back-and yet, barely a single mention of the clashes here has been made by local radio and television or newspapers. The city’s journalists, having lost some of their own and seen their colleagues across the country killed or kidnapped, have been silenced for fear of their lives,” according to the Houston Chronicle report.
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Harold
I was glad to be directed to this source of information by a fellow member of another group. Thanks for this information, it is much appreciated in the age of media blackouts.
Herman
go to borderlandbeat.com for daily news. ( may be graphic )