El Norte is a daily newspaper printed and distributed in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
During the decades of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, El Norte gained important successes in exposing corruption in government.
Due to its principles of independent journalism, the federal government cut the paper supply required to print the newspaper, so the company had to import it directly.
At the end El Norte won the battle against the then government monopoly import of paper for printing (PIPSA).
On 30 July, the El Norte headquarters in Monterrey was attacked by three masked men who subdued the security guard and set fire to the building's lobby.