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Weekly Report - 7 August 2014 (WR-14-31)
MEXICO: Sinaloa stumbles over ‘Ley Mordaza’
If Puebla’s ‘ley bala’ is set to remain on the statute books for only a short time, Sinaloa’s ‘ley mordaza’ (clamp law) may, if its opponents get their way, have an even briefer life cycle. Approved by the state congress on 31 July, the law, considered to be a blatant form of press censorship, has caused such an uproar that the legislature is now promising to consider repealing it in a session scheduled for 21 August.
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