Reporters in Nuevo Laredo avoid coverage of drug prohibition violence due to death threats from drug gangs. It's a matter of self-preservation -- since December 2006, more than 30 journalists have been killed or have disappeared since President Felipe Calderon launched an ineffective war against drug trafficking organizations.
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