"Mexico is moving towards a model of legalized censorship in which judges, prosecutors, and administrative authorities are used to silence the press, warned Leopoldo Maldonado, regional director of Article 19 for Mexico and Central America, during the presentation of the book 'Cállense: los nuevos rostros de la censura" (Shut Up: The New Faces of Censorship), which is being launched this Dec. 15 in Mexico City.
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According to a report published by the organization in September, between Jan. 1 and July 31, 2025, 51 cases were documented of journalists being brought before courts or administrative authorities, primarily electoral ones. This figure already surpasses the worst year on record, 2021, when 40 cases were documented throughout the entire year."
