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AP-APTN-0930: Mexico Attack Monday, 30 July 2012 STORY:Mexico Attack- Major Mexican newspaper attacked for third time in month LENGTH: 01:47 FIRST RUN: 0430 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 852416 DATELINE: Monterrey - 29 July 2012 LENGTH: 01:47 SHOTLIST 1 Wide of police vehicles on scene 2 Wide exterior of Sierra Madre El Norte newspaper office building 3 Army vehicle outside building 4 Close of firefighter vehicle 5 Wide of police in front of building 6 Mid of army 7 Mid of Sierra Madre El Norte sign 8 Wide exterior of building 9 Mid of door entrance 10 Various of broken windows 11 AEI (State Investigations Agency) official inside building 12 Wide of police outside building 13 Various of investigations under way in front door of the building 14 Wide of army exiting building 15 Various of main door entrance with investigations under way 16 Wide police and army outside STORYLINE The offices of a major Mexican newspaper came under attack on Sunday for the third time this month Several masked, armed men broke into a branch office of the El Norte newspaper near the northern city of Monterrey, poured out petrol and ignited it The newspaper's website said none of the 15 people working in the Sierra Madre office were injured Firefighters in the municipality of San Pedro Garza Garcia quickly extinguished the blaze Police and army vehicles were gathered outside the office building while investigations were under way Monterrey-based El Norte is part of the Reforma Group which publishes newspapers around the country The office attacked on Sunday puts together a weekly society insert covering weddings, parties and the activities of local celebrities Police said the attackers fled, and the newspaper said no gang has claimed responsibility for the attack but drug cartels have increasingly targeted Mexican newspapers to discourage coverage of drug violence Two other outlying offices of the paper were attacked with grenades and gunfire on July 10 Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchivecom (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory APTN APEX 07-30-12 0546EDT