El Norte, founded by Alejandro Junco de la Vega, is a major newspaper in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. During the seventies and eighties El Norte became important due to its great efforts to denounce government corruption, and due to its principles of independence in journalism battling the government monopoly over printing paper. Today, the newspaper has evolved into the Grupo Reforma news group, comprising the original El Norte, Reforma in Mexico City, Mural in Guadalajara, Palabra in Saltillo, and Metro and El Sol in Monterrey. Nuevo León (Spanish for New León, after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) in the South of Mexico, about 2,240 meters (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... Guadalajara is the second largest city in Mexico, located in the Western-Pacific region. ... Saltillo is a city in northeast Mexico, located at 25°42′ N 101°00′ W. It is the current capital of the state of Coahuila. ... El Sol (The Sun in Spanish—also known as the East Los Angeles Shuttle) is a bus line that serves the unincorporated East Los Angeles area of Los Angeles County. ... Monterrey is the capital city of the Mexican state of Nuevo León. ...

External link

• (Spanish)El Norte: Official Website