Drug cartel passes death sentence on journalist in Mexico

Men claiming to speak for Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel have released a video threatening to murder a news anchor over what they deem to be unfair coverage.

The warning was made by a man who said it was on behalf of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

He complained that Milenio television was favouring so-called self-defence groups organised to resist the cartel.

In the video, journalist Azucena Uresti is threatened directly.

The leader of the cartel Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes is one of the country’s most wanted men.

The US is offering 10 million dollars reward for information leading to his capture.