Mexico named as deadliest country for journalists

Mexico is the deadliest place in the Americas to be a reporter, according to the Inter-American Press Association. Between October 2006 and February this year, seven journalists were murdered in Mexico, two more are feared dead after having disappeared, and there have been threats against eight others. The Miami-based body says: "Organised crime and abuse by authorities continue to be the principal threats." In the last six years more than 30 journalists have been killed in Mexico. (Via Reuters Foundation