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Apparently some reporters are. Maybe just more local to Juarez? How can you state that there is no problem on basis of a few positive samples (I'm guessing you mean articles critical of the military)?

Are you saying there is no problem with army suppression of dissent? press or otherwise? Just wondering how you are more qualified than the author of this article to say one way or the other.

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Yes, I'm saying there is no problem with suppression of dissent. I can't say no reporters have ever disappeared in Juarez, as I can't say no bartenders have ever disappeared there either. Juarez is a dangerous town ruled by narco-gangs. I'm saying it's not something common in Mexico; reporters aren't normally scared for their life or anything of the sort. As I said, just pick up any random Mexican newspaper, there is a fair chance you will read criticisms of every government branch, the police, and the military. The part at the end where the reporter explains how the military is in control of the government is especially ridiculous.

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