The Mayor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, Jose Reyes Baeza Terrazas, has ordered his government to seize all copies of GRAW 2 off the store shelves. The mayor claims that the game is "unnecessarily rude" against the people of Juárez, Chihuahua.
"Now, when the sequel came out last month, the government of Chihuahua and the mayor of Cd. Juárez, where the game takes place, were deeply offended after finding out that the game placed American soldiers shooting Mexican rebels in their territory, making an incredible media show that was showed on TV and some local newspapers. Although the main attention of this movement was to force the Mexican government to issue a diplomatic query with the American government about it... The local gamer community was actually excited to have their city featured on a video game..."
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