Editor's summary:

Mexico — A suspected Mexican drug gang has a new propaganda tactic in its quest to squash the competition.

On Monday, four journalist were abducted in La Laguna, a region that includes parts of Coahuila and Durango states. Later in the day one of the reporters called his station and said his kidnappers wanted videos aired on TV as a condition of his release. The station complied and broadcast footage of "people apparently being held prisoner accusing local police officers of collaborating with the Zetas, one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels," reports the New York Times.

Posted by: Chef on Jul. 29, 2010 (11:53 am EST)