 Veracruz is the most dangerous place in Mexico for journalists ; at least nine journalists have been killed since Governor Javier Duarte de Ochoa took office in 2010 , many of them by the Los Zetas drug cartel . Most of these reporters were killed under unclear circumstances , and few arrests have been made in their respective investigations . Given the high levels of corruption , criminal impunity , and drug @-@ related attacks against the press all across Veracruz , many local journalists have decided to leave the state and relocate in other parts of Mexico . The atmosphere in Veracruz has also forced many media outlets to self @-@ censor and stop reporting on the drug violence . With traditional reporting being too dangerous and intimidating , social media and blogs are often the only outlets for reporting serious crimes . 
