On 14 September Jesús Hernández García, the editor of the Centro Noticias Tamaulipas news website, was threatened and assaulted by officials from the Tamaulipas state government’s Health Secretariat and its Environmental Agency. The incident arose after media reporting of the number of AH1N1 influenza cases, which had led to the closure of local schools. (CEPET)
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Mexican editor threatened over swine flu figures
On 14 September Jesús Hernández García, the editor of the Centro Noticias Tamaulipas news website, was threatened and assaulted by officials from the Tamaulipas state government’s Health Secretariat and its Environmental Agency. The incident arose after media reporting of the number of AH1N1 influenza cases, which had led to the closure of local schools. (CEPET) […]
By Lance Lattig
22 Sep 09
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