Alejandro Leyva had received death threats and sought protection for a year before he was killed. His case has put Oaxaca Gov. Salomón Jara’s hostility toward the press under scrutiny and prompted journalists to band together and demand guarantees to do their work.
Former Gov. Javier Duarte is in jail, but the threats remain: corruption, organized crime and a justice system marred by impunity.
Herrera, despite constant threats, spent two decades reporting on crime and corruption near Colombia’s border with Venezuela.
A Supreme Court decision awarding damages to a photographer blinded while covering a protest highlights how attacks on journalists can discourage them from doing essential work.
Advocates praise the move but say it’s overdue and are looking closely at how it is enforced across the country.
Three journalists, gravely injured while reporting a story, struggle to rebuild their lives—grappling with lasting aftereffects and a government they say forgot them.
The former Peruvian spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos was sentenced to 20 years for a 1991 letter bomb that killed Melissa Alfaro, but the acquittal of the man accused of making and sending it is likely to prompt an appeal from her family.
After a fallen Brazilian bank executive was arrested for threatening to assault a journalist, a police operation exposed nebulous ties with politicians, judges and even the media.
Peru’s Constitutional Court voided the conviction of a former military officer in the 1988 murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos, ruling that the statute of limitations had expired under a new law.
Wounded in the attack that killed Brent Renaud in Ukraine, Colombian American photographer Juan Arredondo speaks with LJR about grief, mental health and the documentary honoring slain journalists.
The region recorded at least 17 killings, with Mexico the deadliest country. Experts say vitriol from authorities and entrenched impunity continue to fuel the attacks.
While documenting the illegal takeover of a soy plantation, the journalists recorded masked men pointing rifles at them. Today, they hope a new government will hold their attackers accountable.