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46 journalists were killed in Mexico during Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidency

"During Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s six-year term, violence against the press did not stop. Instead, 3,408 attacks against journalists were reported, an increase of 62.13% compared to the administration of previous president Enrique Peña Nieto. In other words, there was an aggression against journalists every 14 hours during AMLO's six-year term.

From Dec. 1, 2018, to March 31 this year, 46 journalists were murdered and 4 have been reported missing, according to the report 'Derechos pendientes: informe sexenal sobre libertad de expresión y derecho a la información en México', by the organization Artículo 19." 

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