Mexican journalists, cultural commentators demand president end provocations

FILE PHOTO: People walk by pictures of murdered journalists and activists displayed on an altar on the eve of the Day of the Dead in Mexico City, Mexico, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

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

The letter, signed by nearly 200 prominent Mexicans, was published in newspapers and shared widely on social media, a week after a well-known journalist was ambushed by motorcycle-mounted gunmen who shot at his armored vehicle.