Drug cartels force Mexican paper to close

Further proof, as if any were needed, of the deteriorating situation for Mexican journalism. A daily paper, Cambio Sonora, has shut down after two grenade attacks on its offices and threats against its 250 employees from drug cartels. The final edition of the newspaper, based in Hermosillo, appeared on Friday. Its owner, Mario Vásquez Raña, whose company owns 70 newspapers and 24 radio stations, said the dangers for the paper "have reached the limit of common sense, patience and human sensitivity." (Via Dallas Morning News)