Mexican journalists, cultural commentators demand President end provocations

While still Mexico's president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador talks to journalists in Mexico City, Mexico, July 7, 2018. A group of Mexican journalists, columnists and commentators have since demanded that Lopez Obrador, now president, stop harassing critical media. (Photo: Reuters)

MEXICO CITY: A cross section of Mexican journalists, columnists and cultural commentators demanded in an open letter that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stop harassing critical media, arguing he fans the flames of violence with his rhetoric.