Mexico president vows to protect journalists

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Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto promised Wednesday to better protect journalists after the killing of a renowned reporter who wrote about drug gangs sparked international outrage.

In his first public speech on the subject, Pena Nieto vowed to dedicate "the necessary resources to provide journalists and human rights defenders with the protection they need."

Following complaints by rights groups that journalists' murders are going unpunished, he said he would strengthen an existing department of the public prosecution service specializing in crimes against freedom of expression.

The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists says that Mexico has remained one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists despite the creation of that prosecution body.