  Attacks on the Press 2010 - Mexico  Publisher Committee to
Protect Journalists Publication Date 15 February 2011 Cite as
Committee to Protect Journalists, Attacks on the Press 2010 -
Mexico, 15 February 2011, available at: [accessed 25 December
2014]  Top Developments    • Amid rampant violence, Calderón
backs federalization of anti-press crimes.    • More than 30
journalists killed or disappeared since Calderón's term began.
Key Statistic    • 4: Journalists abducted in Durango by
gangsters who demand that TV stations air their propaganda.
Organized crime groups exerted fierce pressure on the Mexican
press as their control spread across vast regions and nearly
every aspect of society. Pervasive self-censorship by news media
in areas under drug traffickers' influence was a devastating
consequence of violence and intimidation. Ten journalists were
killed, at least three in direct relation to their work, and
three other reporters disappeared. In addition, journalists were
assaulted, kidnapped, or forced int