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Journalists protest anti-press violence in Tijuana. (AP/Guillermo Arias)

Mission Journal: Calderón sees a national threat

Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa had a message to deliver and it wasn’t about press freedom. After hearing the concerns presented by a joint delegation from CPJ and the Miami-based Inter American Press Association last week, the president wanted us to know something: He didn’t go looking for a fight against the drug cartels.

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Calderón, seen here at recent Independence Day celebrations, says he is "pained" by anti-press violence in Mexico. (AP/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Calderón to support federalization of anti-press crimes

Mexico City, September 22, 2010–Calling the right to free expression a priority of his government, Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa pledged today to push for legislation that would make attacks on journalists a federal crime. In a lengthy meeting with a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Inter American Press Association, the…

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A protest on behalf of slain and missing journalists in Mexico City in August. (Reuters/Henry Romero)

CPJ to meet with Calderón in Mexico City on press crisis

CPJ’s meeting in Mexico on Wednesday with President Felipe Calderón cannot be more timely. A joint delegation with the Inter American Press Association will discuss Mexico’s fast-deteriorating press freedom climate.

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