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Associated Press Correspondent in Oaxaca Urges Mexican "Authorities" to Investigate

Posted by Narco News - January 9, 2007 at 10:57 am

Associated Press Correspondent in Oaxaca Urges Mexican “Authorities” to Investigate Narco News
AP’s Rebeca Romero Insists She Is Not on Ulises Ruiz’s Payroll, but Publishes Her Denial on Her Website Next to an Ad… Purchased by the Oaxaca State Government

By Al Giordano
Publisher, Narco News
January 9, 2007

Full Story: http://www.narconews.com/

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AP writer ventures into libel land

Submitted January 9, 2007 - 10:30 pm by Bill Conroy
From Ms. Rebeca Romero’s published libelous comments:

Kind colleagues, I expose to you the following case: In Oaxaca there is a group of foreign activists that have dedicated themselves to harass and discredit me. They are part of the “Narco News Bulletin” project, and collaborate for Indymedia, and work as reporters and come into Mexico on tourist visas. I wouldn’t bother them if this were just gossip, but they have already moved from slanders to aggressions and intimidations.

In reaction to Ms. Romero’s published comments, I wish to wage a formal protest with the Associated Press and her individually concerning this libel of my character. I have been a correspondent for Narco News since 2004 and have never engaged in any actions to “harass and discredit” Ms. Romero.

Ms. Romero has never met me, nor have I ever penned her name until this moment, and I have never entered Mexico on a tourist visa, but through her libelous accusation, she accuses me, due to my role as a correspondent with Narco News, of “aggressions” and “intimidations” against her and by direct result has maliciously commited libel by publication.

I hope that Ms. Romero is not speaking for the Associated Press in making these incendiary accusations, and I would expect the AP to promptly disavow any relationship with Ms. Romero or participation in her libelous smear campaign.

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