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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 771559" data-attributes="member: 12952">Mexican leader vows to protect journalistsCalderon vows safeguards will be in place by the end of OctoberBy DUDLEY ALTHAUS and LISE OLSENHOUSTON CHRONICLEMEXICO CITY — With Mexico’s gangsters murdering and&nbsp; kidnapping them at will, President Felipe Calderon is now promising&nbsp; federal protection for the country’s besieged journalists.Modeled after similar Colombian strategies that proved effective, the&nbsp; government will offer security protection to journalists who have&nbsp; received credible threats, make attacks on journalists a federal offense&nbsp; and toughen prosecution of those crimes.Calderon’s vow follows last week’s killing of a novice photographer&nbsp; for El Diario, the leading newspaper in Ciudad Juarez, the bloodied and&nbsp; embattled city across the border from El Paso. And it comes just as the&nbsp; editor of a Juarez online news site announced he’s been granted U.S.&nbsp; political asylum because of gangster death threats...........................................................................could this be the start of another backdoor immigration policy ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 771559, member: 12952"] [B]Mexican leader vows to protect journalists Calderon vows safeguards will be in place by the end of October By DUDLEY ALTHAUS and LISE OLSEN HOUSTON CHRONICLE MEXICO CITY — [/B]With Mexico’s gangsters murdering and kidnapping them at will, President Felipe Calderon is now promising federal protection for the country’s besieged journalists. Modeled after similar Colombian strategies that proved effective, the government will offer security protection to journalists who have received credible threats, make attacks on journalists a federal offense and toughen prosecution of those crimes. Calderon’s vow follows last week’s killing of a novice photographer for El Diario, the leading newspaper in Ciudad Juarez, the bloodied and embattled city across the border from El Paso. And it comes just as the editor of a Juarez online news site announced he’s been granted U.S. political asylum because of gangster death threats. .......................................................................... could this be the start of another backdoor immigration policy ? [/QUOTE]

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