Beat the press, part infinity

Ganchoblog:

Mexico’s special prosecutor for crimes against journalists has been replaced; out goes Octavio Alberto Orellana, in comes Gustavo Salas. The Inter-American Press Society is happy, as it viewed Orellana as inactive. That complaint echos a view I heard when I was working on this article. I believe that despite ample opportunities (60 murdered journalists in Mexico since 2000 according to the CNDH; a fraction of that number but still quite a few according to the Committee to Protect Journalists), Orellana never prosecuted a case.

Here’s a place for Gustavo Salas to start.  It shouldn’t be too hard to identify the perps:

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Four reporters were assaulted by police on Wednesday while covering protests outside an event attended by Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

“They took our telephones, the equipment, cameras, and they enclosed us in a small space to prevent us from getting out, we received blows from billy clubs,” journalist Oscar Amaya said.

The attack on Amaya and colleagues Daniel Dominguez, Miguel Lozano and Carlos Moreno enraged the protesters, who briefly scuffled with the cops…

(EFE, via Latin American Herald Tribune)