Mexican cartel threatens journalist for biased media coverage

MEXICO, 10 Aug Alleged militants of the Mexican New Generation Jalisco cartel recorded a video message on behalf of their leader, Ruben Oseguer-Cervantes, threatening the most popular Mexican online media Milenio and journalist Asusena Uresti for biased coverage of organized crime. Oseguer-Cervantes, demanded that the journalist «slow down» and not «pull» the leader of the cartel, promising otherwise to deal with her. Referring to the publication Milenio, for which Uresti prepares evening television programs, the members of the cartel, on behalf of the leader, warned them against biased coverage of the topic of organized crime and assured them that they never posed a threat to the media. because I have never attacked any media, «added the militant, seated at a table surrounded by people with assault rifles, a machine gun and a grenade launcher. In an appeal, the alleged Jalisco cartel accused Milenio of receiving money from other cartels. According to them, through bribery, opposition groups Los Viagras and the Tepalcatepec cartel, which are engaged in drug trafficking and extortion, in the state of Michoacan, appear in the media by local self-defense groups that protect farmers. “I don’t think the government doesn’t realize that these are not self-defense units, judging by the types of weapons they carry,” the militant added. In Mexico, unknown gunned down eight participants of the party After the publication of the video with threats, the press secretary of the President of Mexico Jesus Ramirez Cuevas said that the government of the country will provide protection to journalists who are threatened by criminals. «In the face of threats to the media from the Jalisco cartel, the Mexican government will take appropriate measures to protect journalists and publications. Democratic freedoms and the right of citizens to information are guaranteed,» Ramirez wrote on his Twitter blog. an armed organization that was created as the fighting wing of the Sinaloa cartel to fight for the drug market and is characterized by extreme brutality. The leader of the organization Ruben Osegera-Cervantes, nicknamed «El Mencho», in March 2020 topped the list of the most wanted criminals of the US Drug Enforcement Administration DEA, for help in his capture they promise $ 10 million. In Mexico, a six-year-old child was killed in a police shootout with a criminal