AKIPRESS.COM - A regional newspaper in Mexico says the violence against journalists and the lack of punishment for those responsible is forcing it to stop printing, BBCreported.

In an editorial, Norte de Ciudad Juarez said Sunday's print edition would be its last.

Its editor said the digital version would also be closed "soon".

Miroslava Breach, a journalist who worked for the paper in Chihuahua city, was shot dead last month.

She was one of three journalists killed in Mexico in March.

Breach had reported extensively on the links between organised crime and politicians in Chihuahua state for Norte de Ciudad Juarez and for La Jornada, a national newspaper based in Mexico City.

She was shot eight times in her car outside her home in the state capital, Chihuahua.

One of her children was in the vehicle but was not hurt.

The gunmen left a note saying: "For being a loud-mouth."