The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned the attack on journalist Susana Mendoza Carreño, stabbed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The organization urged the authorities to investigate the motive for the attack and guarantee her safety.
Mendoza Carreño, director of Radio Universidad de Guadalajara and correspondent for Channel 44 of the University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, was stabbed in the neck and chest after leaving the program Todas las Voces Cuentan (Every Voice Counts). The journalist has worked for over three decades and is in intensive care at a local hospital.
IAPA President Jorge Canahuati called on the authorities "to consider her work as a journalist among the lines of investigation". Given the climate of insecurity for journalists in Mexico, their work and the subjects they cover cannot be dismissed when they are victims of violent attacks.
