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Mexican journalist reports being victim of attack after documenting alleged spy ring in San Luis Potosí

“At President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference on Monday [Oct. 6], San Luis Potosí journalist Anahí Torres denounced that she and two other colleagues were the victims of ‘an attack.’ The attack occurred on Oct. 2, just after Torres posted about an ‘alleged espionage network in the state’ that ‘due to its reach on social media, visibly upset the governor.’ Claudia Sheinbaum has promised to address her case, evaluate the reporter's protection, and review the complaints against [Governor] Ricardo Gallardo Cardona of the Green Party, one of Morena’s allies.

Torres recounted how four days ago, a group of four men with long guns intercepted her outside her office while she was with two colleagues, Omar Niño and Carlos Charly Domínguez. 'They made direct threats,' she said, her voice shaking and her eyes glassy."

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