Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Journalist Who Exposes Mexico Presidential Scandal is Fired

The crusading host of Mexico's top-rated national news radio program has been fired in a case that many fear is a blow to freedom of expression.

MVS Radio said Sunday that Carmen Aristegui was removed for challenging the firing of two reporters who had misused the company's name by suggesting it was a sponsor of MexicoLeaks, a website meant to reveal leaked information on corruption in Mexico.

The company said in a statement that it could not accept "an ultimatum."

Some accepted that Aristegui and her team had erred: "If the journalist did not consult on the . . .

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