"Police beat at least two journalists and arrested two others during a protest for human rights in Xochimilco, a southern borough of Mexico City, on Thursday, Sept. 5, according to members of the media who witnessed the incidents. Police arrested Penélope Estefanía Galicia Argumedo, a reporter with community radio station Radio Zapote; and Elizabeth Díaz, a freelance reporter, and detained them for several hours before they were released, according to information provided to CPJ in a Friday meeting by the Fundación por la Libertad de Expresión, a collective of human rights organizations.
[...] Freelance reporter José Meza and another unnamed journalist reported being beaten by police and suffered minor injuries, the two witnesses told CPJ. Police confiscated work and personal phones from an attorney for international freedom of expression group Article 19, the organization’s regional director, Leopoldo Maldonado, told CPJ."
