Comments on: Drug War Casualty: New law in Mexico Restricts Media Reports of Crime https://legas.legrandelaw.com/criminal-justice/drug-war-casualty-new-law-in-mexico-restricts-media-reports-of-crime/ Official blog of Houston criminal defense attorney Tristan LeGrande Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Attorney Tristan LeGrande https://legas.legrandelaw.com/criminal-justice/drug-war-casualty-new-law-in-mexico-restricts-media-reports-of-crime/#comment-214 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:48:38 +0000 https://legas.legrandelaw.com/?p=332#comment-214 In reply to Joyce.

It is scary stuff – I am astonished this was not bigger news. Freedom of the press to investigate and report is absolutely fundamental to a free society.

]]> By: Joyce https://legas.legrandelaw.com/criminal-justice/drug-war-casualty-new-law-in-mexico-restricts-media-reports-of-crime/#comment-210 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:48:24 +0000 https://legas.legrandelaw.com/?p=332#comment-210 How many times has society heard “The pen is mightier than the sword”?
This is often pooh-poohed in the US. Mexican officials must feel other wise. Perhaps there is a Mexican journalist like Woodward or Bernstein that refuses to be intimidated by the cartel or the government and this us an attempt to silence them.

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