El Norte is a daily newspaper printed and distributed in

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History

During the decades of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, El Norte gained important successes in exposing corruption in government. Due to its principles of independent journalism, the federal government cut the paper supply required to print the newspaper, so the company had to import it directly. At the end ''El Norte'' won the battle against the then government monopoly import of paper for printing (PIPSA). Grupo Reforma is 85 years old. It began with the founding of the newspaper El Sol in April 1922, followed by El Norte in 1938, the newspaper Metro in Monterrey in 1988 (and renovated in 1993). Four years later, in 1997, the newspaper Palabra was born in Saltillo, and the Metro in

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. Mural, in Guadalajara, was founded a year later. In 2004 and 2005, Metro expanded to

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and

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. In 2007 and 2008, Metro again expanded to State of Mexico and

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. La Reforma, a branch of El Norte, was founded in 1993 in Mexico City.

2012 attacks

On 10 July 2012, gunmen threw grenades into two buildings belonging to the paper. On 30 July, the ''El Norte'' headquarters in Monterrey was attacked by three masked men who subdued the security guard and set fire to the building's lobby. Two carried automatic weapons. A police car arrived on the scene, but did not attempt to apprehend the suspects. The attack was the third in one month against the newspaper, leading to speculation that the attack was retaliation by drug traffickers for ''El Norte'''s coverage of organized crime.

Notable columnists

* Armando Fuentes Aguirre (Catón), writer and political analyst *

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, a political journalist * Rosaura Barahona, teacher, essayist *

Carlos Fuentes Carlos Fuentes Macías (; ; November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' (1962), '' Aura'' (1962), '' Terra Nostra'' (1975), '' The Old Gringo'' (1985) and '' Christop ...

, writer, essayist *

Carlos Monsiváis Carlos Monsiváis Aceves (May 4, 1938 – June 19, 2010) was a Mexican philosopher, writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers within the country's progressive sectors. ...

, writer, essayist, journalist * Denise Dresser, a political analyst *

Enrique Krauze Enrique Krauze Kleinbort (born 16 September 1947) is a Mexican historian, essayist, editor, and entrepreneur. He has written more than twenty books, some of which are: ''Mexico: Biography of Power'', ''Redeemers'', and ''El pueblo soy yo'' (''I ...

, historian *

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, an economist * Gabriel Zaid, writer, poet, engineer * Germain Dehesa, writer and political commentator *

Homero Aridjis Homero Aridjis (born April 6, 1940) is a Mexican poetry, poet, novelist, environmental activist, journalism, journalist, and former ambassador and ex-president of PEN International. Family and early life Aridjis was born in Contepec, Michoacán, ...

, poet, environmentalist * Jorge Castañeda, intellectual, academic, former Foreign Secretary * José Woldenberg, political analyst, former President of IFE * John Villoro, writer * Lorenzo Meyer, historian and political analyst * Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa, intellectual, political analyst *

Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists a ...

, writer, essayist *

Paco Calderón Francisco "Paco" Calderón (born 1959 in Mexico City) is a Mexican political cartoonist. He currently draws for the newspapers that belong to the Grupo Reforma. Calderón began his career in 1976 publishing in national newspaper ''El Heraldo de M� ...

, political cartoonist * Sergio Aguayo Quezada, a political analyst * Alan Rivera, journalist, political analyst, news producer, TV talent * Lucrecia Lozano political analyst, academic * Roberto Javier Mora García, assassinated crime reporter

Regular sections

* Internacional (International News) * Nacional (National News) * Local (Local News) * Seguridad (Public Safety and Criminal News) * Negocios (Business News) * Gente (Entertainment News) * Vida! (Miscellaneous News) * Mexico City (online version)

Supplemental sections

* Automotriz (Automobile News) * Interface (Electronics and Gadgets News) * De Viaje (Traveling News) * Top Magazzine (Entertainment and Gossip News) * Universidades (College Information News)

Social supplements

This supplements are only given to subscriptors who live in that neighborhood or that school. E.G. The Anahuac section is only sold to subscriptors living in the Colonia Anahuac neighborhood. * Sierra Madre * SM Joven * SM JR * La Silla * Cumbres * Cumbres Joven * Anáhuac * Linda Vista * Fototienda * ClubTEC * ClubUNI

References

External links

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