Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho reported another death threat due to her work, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
The organization urged Mexican authorities to investigate the new threat and demanded protection for the journalist, reported the newspaper El Informador.
“Do not mess with us or we'll send you home in little pieces," was the message that Cacho heard through a radio system installed at her home in Cancún, according to CPJ. Her security advisers believe that the criminal used advanced technology to interfere with the system.
In 2004, Cacho published the book Los demonios del Edén (The demons of Eden), in which she reported about a child prostitution network that involved police officers and local politicians. Because of the book, the journalist was illegally arrested in 2005.
Since then, Cacho, who also leads the Comprehensive Care Center for Women, has been awarded several international awards and now is a columnist for the newspaper El Universal.
The freedom of expression organization Article 19 accused the Mexican government of not complying with the Inter American Human Rights Commission's orders to provide protection for the journalist.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
