Rights Body Investigating Attacks on Reporters During Mexico City March Agencia EFE
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Anarchists, left, attack photojournalist Luis Castillo, center back to the camera, as other photojournalists try to rescue him during a march in downtown Mexico City, Tuesday, June 10, 2014.  (AP/Marco Ugarte)

The attacks on five journalists by unidentified individuals during a march marking a massacre anniversary in Mexico City are under investigation, the National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, said.

The incidents occurred last Tuesday, the CNDH said in a statement.

Young men attacked reporters covering a march to mark the 42nd anniversary of the "El Halconazo" massacre with stones and sticks, the CNDH said, citing media reports.

"The CNDH condemns such acts of violence, which violate the free practice of journalism and calls on authorities to investigate the incidents and impose the corresponding penalties on those responsible," the rights body, Mexico's equivalent of an ombudsman's office, said.

The reporters attacked during the protest were identified as Paris Martinez, of Animal Politico; Luis Castillo, who works for the daily Reforma; Leonardo Casas, who is with Agencia Quadratin; Nestor Negrete, a freelance journalist; and Marco Ugarte, of the Associated Press.

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