The El Diario de Juarez newspaper wrote an open letter to the city’s
drug cartels Sunday asking for mercy. In the editorial, the paper asked
the cartels to let the journalists do their jobs without the threat of
being killed. Friends and family buried slain photographer Luis Carlos
Santiago Orozco Sunday, after he was shot several times Thursday while
sitting inside of a car outside of a Juarez shopping mall. Authorities
have not linked the death to the drug cartel, but after having two
journalists killed, in just two years, the newspaper is now pleading
with the cartels through an editorial published Sunday. In addition to
last week's incident, the paper cites the 2008 death of crime reporter
Armando Rodriguez. He was gunned down in his car outside of his home.
The newspaper says in it's editorial, it is clear the cartels are the
city's authorities, especially since the Mexican government is not
protecting journalists. The editorial said, "We ask you to explain what
you want from us, what we should try to publish or not publish, so we
know what to expect."...
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