| Show iw i w i ul 1 UK it very piny for him to get luto trouble the newspaper laws of mexico aro very stringent it any person Is men in a newspaper article and feels offended about it he can easily send the editor of the paper and the writer of the article to prison the statements may have been far within the limits of truth and justice but that makes no difference the editor incommunicado has a chance to think about the law and the aggrieved person smiles pleasantly after awhile the law gets in its work the case la investigated vesti gated and the editor Is punished for even tho truth is ll belous and libel Is one of the offenses most severely condemned according to the theory of the mexican law every person has a right to go about entirely tree from annoyance by other persons it the person the law the newspaper has no right to I 1 cay so it can lay information before the courts if it wants to but it must not say in its columns that it has done EO then the law will step in and take charge of the offender but th of the paper will not be allowed to attend the trial and only the bare result after weeks of waiting can be told to the public if the offense charged against the editor is regarded by the first magistrate to whom the complaint Is made as being especially grave the paper Is generally suppressed the complaint has been received and passed upon then a squad of police descends upon the printing office sometimes all the employees are arrested sometimes the editor then the doors of the building are closed official seals are placed upon them and a guard la stationed to see that no one tries to enter for three days the editor can do nothing the laws under which he Is arrested are modeled after those of the code napoleon and for three days be Is held incommunicado while the authorities ties hunt up evidence then he is given a bearing in the meantime his paper has been suppressed and in many cases it never comes to life again even though the editor may eventually clear himself of all blame dispatch |
