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Mexican cartel threatens news anchor, demands equal coverage
Source: Associated Press
Mexican cartel threatens news anchor, demands equal coverage
By The Associated Press
9 August 2021, 14:27
MEXICO CITY -- Masked men claiming to represent Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel have taken the unusual step of circulating a video threatening to kill a national television news anchor for what they viewed as unfair coverage.
The video circulated Monday showed masked and heavily armed men surrounding a man seated at a small desk who delivered a message he said was from Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho,” leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel. It was unclear if the person reading the message was Oseguera himself.
The message complained that Milenio Television, a national cable news channel associated with a major newspaper chain, was favoring so-called self-defense groups that are battling the Jalisco cartel in Michoacan state.
He singled out Mileno anchor Azucena Uresti, threatening to kill her and make her eat her words.
The man alleged that the vigilante groups were actually drug traffickers, the only organizations that could afford the armament those forces had at their disposal.
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By The Associated Press
9 August 2021, 14:27
MEXICO CITY -- Masked men claiming to represent Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel have taken the unusual step of circulating a video threatening to kill a national television news anchor for what they viewed as unfair coverage.
The video circulated Monday showed masked and heavily armed men surrounding a man seated at a small desk who delivered a message he said was from Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho,” leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel. It was unclear if the person reading the message was Oseguera himself.
The message complained that Milenio Television, a national cable news channel associated with a major newspaper chain, was favoring so-called self-defense groups that are battling the Jalisco cartel in Michoacan state.
He singled out Mileno anchor Azucena Uresti, threatening to kill her and make her eat her words.
The man alleged that the vigilante groups were actually drug traffickers, the only organizations that could afford the armament those forces had at their disposal.
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexican-cartel-threatens-news-anchor-demands-equal-coverage-79366635