Press Groups Condemn Attack on Mexican TV Studio
Press groups condemn attack against TV station in Mexico, urge thorough investigation
Press freedom groups are condemning an attack on a Mexican television station in the northern city of Monterrey.
Masked gunmen opened fire and tossed a grenade at the Televisa network's studio as it aired a nightly newscast. The assailants left behind a message warning the station about its coverage of drug gangs.
Paris-based Reporters Without Borders and the Miami-based Inter American Press Association on Wednesday demanded a quick and thorough investigation.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 24 reporters have been killed in Mexico since 2000, and seven have vanished in the last three years.
Officials say at least 5,300 people died in Mexico in drug-related slayings in 2008.
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