Newspaper offices were bombed in the capital of Sinaloa state in Mexico Crime News

Gunmen opened fire on the office building of a respected Mexican newspaper in the capital of Sinaloa, Culiacan.

Gunmen opened fire on the building that houses Mexico’s respected news agency El Debate as part of an ongoing war on drug cartels.

The media building was sprayed with gunfire on Friday and several cars outside were also damaged.

The newspaper said no one was injured in the attack. El Debate newspaper is based in the provincial capital of Culiacan, where violent clashes between rival Sinaloa Cartel gangs have erupted since September. This newspaper has been publishing news about gang attacks in the north-west province.

El Debate said the attackers arrived in two cars and stopped for a while in front of the building. One gunman came out and opened fire with a gun before they sped off.

It scares journalists

Threats against journalists and their sources have increased since the outbreak of the latest conflict.

Journalists reported that they were stopped by gunmen on the streets outside of Culiacan and were told that they could not cover the ongoing gunfire in the suburbs.

The Mexican Media Alliance, a press freedom group, called the shooting “a direct attack against press freedom and the public’s right to information”.

Being a journalist in Mexico is a dangerous business, according to Reporters Without Borders. This organization has written about the death and disappearance of journalists in the country. In the last six years alone, 37 have been killed and five disappeared.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she “condemns” the attack on El Debate.

His government has sent soldiers and armored vehicles and high-powered weapons to Sinaloa to protect the people, but the military has struggled to quell the violence.