Guadalajara -Facilities belonging to Mural, a major Guadalajara newspaper, were attacked about 3:30 a.m. today at its suburban Zapopan location.
The Jalisco state prosecutor confirmed the at least two hand grenades were lobbed at the building from a passing vehicle. No suspects have been identified, he said.
Mural is owned by Grupo Reforma, purportedly the largest printed media company in Mexico and Latin America. It publishes ten daily newspapers in five cities, including Reforma in Mexico City and El Norte in Monterrey. The average daily circulation of the papers is about 1.4 million copies.
Journalists, newspapers and media facilities are frequent targets of organized crime in this country. In 2012, 11 journalists and editors were murdered and there were 207 attacks against media sources, up 20% from 2011. Between 2006 and 2012, 53 journalists were murdered and 12 disappeared, and there were 870 attacks against the media. In response, some national newspapers have stopped reporting narco violence. Drug war terror muzzles much of Mexican press.
No one was injured in today's attack, but the Mural building sustained physical damage. Production is not expected to be affected.
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