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Argentine court prosecutes gendarme for shooting and seriously injuring photographer during demonstration

“Gendarmerie Corporal Héctor Jesús Guerrero was prosecuted for aggravated firearm abuse for firing his tear gas pistol at photographer Pablo Grillo during a demonstration in front of Congress on March 12. The decision was made by federal judge María Servini, who established that the Guerrero gendarme fired six shots, violating protocols for the use of […]

Mexican journalist reports being victim of attack after documenting alleged spy ring in San Luis Potosí

“At President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference on Monday [Oct. 6], San Luis Potosí journalist Anahí Torres denounced that she and two other colleagues were the victims of ‘an attack.’ The attack occurred on Oct. 2, just after Torres posted about an ‘alleged espionage network in the state’ that ‘due to its reach on social […]

Ecuador deports Spanish journalist covering Indigenous protests, considering him a threat to security

"Ecuador expelled Spanish journalist Bernat-Lautaro Bidegain, who was covering Indigenous protests, for considering him a threat to national security, according to the government of President Daniel Noboa. This is not the first time Bidegain has been expelled from a country. In May 2025, Panama denied him entry and deported him in the context of demonstrations […]

Police pressure journalists in Nicaragua to hand over information about their colleagues, according to report

"Police officers—working for the dictatorship—are pressuring independent journalists who remain in Nicaragua to hand over information about other colleagues, including those outside the country, according to the report on Attacks on Press Freedom for the period July to September this year, published by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED, for its Spanish […]

Supreme Court of Guatemala overturns money laundering conviction against journalist José Rubén Zamora

"The Criminal Chamber of the [Guatemalan] Supreme Court of Justice overturned the conviction imposed on [journalist] Jose Rubén Zamora for the crime of money laundering in June 2023. This was confirmed by his son, Ramón Zamora. [...] This ruling acquits Zamora of the six-year sentence imposed on him in 2023. At the same time, it […]

State actors were main perpetrators of attacks on Latin American press in 2024, says Sombra report

"In 2024, a total of 3,766 attacks against the press were documented across 17 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. In 49.3% of the cases recorded, State actors were primarily responsible, according to the seventh edition of the […]

RSF and Radio Ambulante condemn crackdown on independent journalism in Central America in new podcast episode

"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has joined forces with Radio Ambulante — the station behind Latin America’s leading narrative podcast of the same name — to release a special episode that lays bare the growing assault on press freedom in Central America – particularly the trend of exile as the only remaining way to continue reporting. […]

Journalist Mario Guevara deported to El Salvador after judges deny his request to stay in U.S.

"Georgia-based journalist Mario Guevara was deported to El Salvador on Friday [Oct. 3] morning days after the Court of Appeals denied his last-minute request to stay in the United States. Guevara, who has been in custody for over 100 days after he was arrested while covering a DeKalb County protest in June, has was moved […]

Nicaraguan state outlets are hotspots for Russian propaganda, RSF reports

"Since 2022, Nicaragua has become a hub for the expansion of Russian propaganda. The government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have bolstered the spread of the Kremlin’s narrative abroad by allowing Russian state media to insert their content and production methods into Nicaraguan state outlets. Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in French) […]

Journalists attacked by demonstrators and law enforcement while covering protests in Ecuador

"The protests that began on Sept. 22 in Ecuador have already led to 143 cases of human rights violations, 63 arrests, 92 injuries, 11 people 'temporarily missing"—including one previously detained by police—and one dead: Efraín Fuerez, the 46-year-old Indigenous leader recognized for his work in Mingas, who was shot by a group of soldiers quelling […]

Mexican hitman gets 11 years for attempted murder of journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva

"A federal judge sentenced Erick Hazael Ramos Mendoza, known as “El Haza” or “El Gordo,” to 11 years in prison for attempted murder and aggravated criminal association in the armed attack on journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva in December 2022. The ruling was issued at the Federal Criminal Justice Center in the Reclusorio Norte prison after […]

Press watchdog says Nicaragua shut down 61 outlets in sweeping crackdown

"Nicaraguan journalism is facing an 'unprecedented crisis' with the politically motivated closure of at least 61 media outlets, including the newspaper La Prensa and the platforms Confidencial and 100% Noticias, the Costa Rica-based Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED) warned Monday, Sept. 29. In a report titled Nicaragua: Journalistic memory and the fight […]