Targeting drug lords led to more violence, Mexican journo says
The violence generated by the war among Mexico's drug cartels has left more than 200,000 people dead and 30,000 missing over the last 12 years.
The violence generated by the war among Mexico's drug cartels has left more than 200,000 people dead and 30,000 missing over the last 12 years.
On Monday, The New York Times reported that spyware purchased by Mexican government for use against criminals and terrorists had been turned on journalists.
In her 2005 book "Los Demonios del Eden" (The Demons of Eden), Lydia Cacho exposed pedophile rings in Mexico operating under the protection of politicians and business leaders. A total of 126 reporters have been killed since 2000 in Mexico, one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists to work.