1996-11-20 Local Press - Newspaper
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Newspaper Director Jailed in Nuevo Laredo
Ninfa Deandar Martinez, the Director of the daily "El Manana" in Nuevo Laredo, was detained for five hours on November 13 after having been accused by the Mayor of damages, libel and defamation. She was released after posting a bond of 10,000 pesos (about $1,300). The Mayor of Nuevo Leon accused the editor and her staff after the paper published an article saying that the Mayor was addicted to tranquilizers. The editor also regularly refers to the fact that the Mayor is the Governor's mistress, and that is how she got to her post. Upon her release, Deandar Martinez said that her experience "gives readers a sample of the outrages acts continually committed by bad governments". She blames her persecution on the governor. (Reforma. 14 November).