Mexican Journalists call for end to attacks on press people
Journalists march together during a protest to demand justice in the Regina Martinez case, a journalist killed a year ago and to demand an end to more recent attacks on the press in Mexico City, Sunday April 28, 2013. Journalists in several states organized a demonstration on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the murder of Regina Martinez, a correspondent of the magazine Proceso. Attacks have become so common that many Mexican news media have announced they will no longer cover stories related to drug cartels. The issue has become so serious that Mexico’s congress passed a bill this month that would allow journalists to request that federal prosecutors and federal judges investigate attacks on them, and would make federal intervention mandatory in some cases. It has been sent to the president for his signature. <AP Photo/Marco Ugarte>