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10/24/2006 Entry: "Freedom of press in Mexico"
The fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index shows Mexico ranking 132 out of 168 countries considered, barely above Palestine and below Colombia or Afghanistan.
Mexico is faring poorly in terms of press freedom because, amongst other parameters, three journalists were killed in the country while a reporter also disappeared along the US border, where drug-traffickers threaten the media.
Together with corruption, criminality, poverty and a myriad of other serious national issues, Felipe Calderon has a busy agenda for his presidency.
