Pedro Segura, a former candidate with Mexico's Green and Labor parties for governor in the state of Guerrero, threatened journalist Carlos Loret de Mola after the latter showed on the digital channel Latinus a video showing Segura singing a corrido in tribute to the alleged slain drug trafficker Nemesio Oseguera “El Mencho.” In a video […]
"Following the ruling issued this Thursday [Feb. 26] by the Trial Court in Puebla, those responsible for the murder of journalist Marco Aurelio Ramírez in Tehuacán were sentenced to 46 years and five months in prison each. They are Jesús Armando N. and José Francisco N., who received the sentence after a judicial process that […]
"While broadcasting live from inside the Sinpelos.mx facilities, unknown individuals allegedly launched a Molotov cocktail attack against the location where journalist Víctor Badillo was, alarming internet users. [...] According to available information, the people inside the building, including the journalist, were unharmed. Fortunately, the attack did not escalate and only material damage was reported, mainly […]
"On Friday, Feb. 20, journalist Fernanda de Luna Ferral was notified by the Veracruz Public Security Secretariat (SSP, for its Spanish initials) about the withdrawal of her security detail, even though these types of measures are carried out in coordination with the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, an agency that did not […]
"On Feb. 18, members of the newspaper Proclama del Pacífico were intercepted, threatened and forced to suspend distribution of their paper in northern Cauca. The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its Spanish initials) condemns and denounces this act, which constitutes a violent act of censorship that restricts the public's right to receive information and […]
"Reporter Leonardo Martínez Peralta —displaced for four years— denounced that the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists has ignored his request to change his refuge, even though the place has been broken into and robbed on at least three occasions. He recounted that in March 2025, thieves broke into the house provided by […]
"A podcast about the meaning of death, another about the fires in Portugal, an investigation into migrants drowning on their way to the US and a photograph of the DANA storm have won the King of Spain International Journalism Awards, along with the Honduran magazine 'Contracultura' and the Brazilian organization Aos Fatos, which successfully removed […]
"The last two journalists detained in Venezuela were released on Thursday [Feb. 26], one week after the enactment of the Amnesty Law, the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its Spanish initials) reported. Jonathan Carrillo, imprisoned since July 2022, was released with precautionary measures, while Pedro Urribarri, detained since May 2025, was granted complete […]
"The Alliance for Freedom of Expression (APLEX, for its Spanish initials) in Venezuela demanded on Wednesday [Feb. 25] the lifting of the digital blockade on media outlets and an end to persecution, among other actions to 'restore freedom of expression and communication' in the country, which is experiencing a new political crisis following the arrest […]
"Organizations linked to journalism repudiated, in a statement this Wednesday (Feb. 24), an episode of violence suffered by journalist Manuela Borges, from the ICL Notícias Portal, in the Green Room of the Chamber of Deputies, in Brasília, on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 23). The organizations considered the episode 'unacceptable and absurd' and pointed out that there […]
“In several parts of Havana, journalists and activists reported that State Security agents prevented them from leaving their homes on Feb. 24, the 30th anniversary of the downing of the Hermanos al Rescate planes. Journalist Camila Acosta shared on social media a photo of a man stationed near her home. 'This is the repressor on […]
"In Anzoátegui, journalist Marifel Guzmán was released [on Feb. 24]. She had been held in the cells of the Bolivarian National Police headquarters in that state since Feb. 7, 2025, according to the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its Spanish initials). [...] Guzmán was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crime […]