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Decapitated journalist in Mexico used online social network site to report anonymously on violence

The body of a decapitated journalist was found on the morning of Sept. 24 in a roundabout in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, reported the GlobalPost.

19-year-old journalist disappears in southeast Mexico

A journalist in the Gulf state of Veracruz, Mexico was reported missing by his family, reported the newspaper La Jornada de Veracruz.

Mexicans accused of terrorism for spreading rumors on Twitter spark new law to limit expression on social networks

Two Mexicans accused of terrorism and sabotage for posting false rumors over Facebook and Twitter were freed Sept. 21 after spending a month in jail, reported Reuters.

$40 million sentence against Ecuadorian newspaper upheld in court

With two votes in favor and one abstention, a court in Ecuador upheld a sentence of three years in prison and $40 million in damages against an ex-columnist and three directors of the newspaper El Universo.

Journalist flees Nicaragua after several death threats

Journalist Silvia González was forced to quit her job at the newspaper El Nuevo Día and flee Nicaragua after receiving several death threats since July 30, 2011, reported the newspaper.

Protection requested for Honduran journalist after death threats

Journalist Mario Castro Rodríguez, director of the Globo TV news program "The scourge of corruption" in Honduras, claims to have received death threats via text messages, according to the Press and Society Institute.

Suspects arrested in killing of Peruvian journalist

Police in the northeastern Peruvian city of Chimbote arrested three suspects in connection with the Sept. 7 killing of journalist Pedro Alonso Flores Silva, reported the newspaper Crónica Viva.

Attacks on the press up in Guatemala in 2011

So far in 2011, there have been more attacks on journalists in Guatemala than in 2010, according the annual report from the Center of Informative Reports for Guatemala (CERIGUA).

Mexico highlighted in new documentary on censorship from Reporters Without Borders

Reporters Without Borders listed Mexico and four other countries in an interactive Internet documentary titled "In the Heart of Censorship" to raise awareness about violations of freedom of expression.

Hacktivist group Anonymous attacks Mexican government websites

The hacking activist group Anonymous attacked several Mexican government websites during the country's independence day celebrations on Sept. 15.