Google TranslateLa Voz de Juarez, a Mexican daily newspaper based in Juarez, Chihuahua, is claiming it has been offline because of the actions of the newly installed Juarez Mayor, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
The website was attacked beginning on Tuesday using a denial of service attack, and has yet to recover.
Paco Ortiz Bello, the director of the newspaper said he blamed current Juarez Mayor Hector Murguia Lardizabal, colloquially known as Teto Murguia, for the attack saying Mugruia has threatened the director for its critical coverage of Murguia in the past.
MurguÃÂa was mayor of Juarez for the years 2004-2007, an administration that was marked with several arrests of associates of Murguia for drug crimes and for murder. Murguia regained the mayor's office in 2010.
La Polaka has recently recovered from a similar server attack which it also blamed on rogue Chihuahua politicians.
Ortiz Bello said in the report he has been considering a request for political assylum in the United States because of theats to him and his family, presumably because of his critical editorial policies.