"Before journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima entered the [Special Jurisdiction for Peace] headquarters in Bogotá, where the Inter-American Court of Human Rights hearing on her case was being held, the Prosecutor's Office linked former directors of the [Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Interpol] and [National Penitentiary and Prison Institute], among other former officials, with accusations of […]
"Last Wednesday [Sept. 10] night, emergency numbers received a report of an armed attack on a journalist's home in Aldama [Chihuahua]. According to reports from the Aldama municipal authority, which was the first to respond, two individuals on a motorcycle arrived at the home and called the victim by name, but fortunately, he was unharmed. […]
“During the inauguration of the still-unfinished Via Expresa Sur megaproject, Lima Mayor Rafael López Aliaga held a press conference, during which he attacked journalist Gustavo Gorriti and threatened to kill him using slang from the Peruvian underworld. 'We have to take this gentleman out once and for all,' he said, indicating that Gorriti would be […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today strongly condemned threats against the personal safety of Haitian journalist and press freedom advocate Joseph Guyler C. Delva, who was forced to suspend his professional activities amid escalating intimidation. Delva, secretary general of SOS Journalistes Haiti and IAPA vice chair of the Committee on Freedom of the Press […]
"The Armed Forces [in Honduras] are once again attacking EL HERALDO after it disclosed, through confidential sources, many of the internal movements within that institution. Following revelations by EL HERALDO Plus' Investigative Team about the departure of Brigadier General Ramiro Muñoz and how the high command is arranging things so that the institution follows the […]
"Venezuelan journalist and activist Melanio Escobar claimed that he has received new threats against his family from Chavista militants, whom he accused of being members of the Cartel de los Soles and the Tren de Aragua. 'The Chavistas who are members of the Cartel de los Soles and the Tren de Aragua threaten me daily […]
"Independent journalist Camila Acosta reported this Sunday [Sept. 7] that two State Security agents are constantly monitoring her home in Havana [Cuba]. In a post on her Facebook profile, she shared photos of the alleged repressors and explained that ‘the police car (there is at least one), according to friends and neighbors, is nearby, waiting […]
"Colombia's National Police captured Manuel Cantuni Arias, alias 'Cartulina' in [the municipality of] San José del Guaviare. He is accused of coordinating the hit against journalist Gustavo Chicangana and his wife, Ana Milena Torres, on July 5. The detainee, who allegedly acted as the criminal coordinator of the ‘Jorge Suárez Briceño’ bloc of the FARC […]
"[Reporters Without Borders, RSF] found that the challenges facing journalists in the Amazon can be grouped into three categories: direct violence against journalists — in the form of threats, assaults and prosecution; structural precariousness and the lack of resources affecting community radio stations, local newspapers, and Indigenous media networks, which creates inequalities in news coverage […]
The Foundation Journalists Unbound (FPSC for its initials in Spanish) reported 22 attacks against media workers in Ecuador in August 2025, including the killings of journalists and allegations of undercover police infiltrating press chats, making it one of the most violent months for journalism in the country. From January through August, the FPSC recorded a […]
"Journalist Karla Ramírez, head of the Panamericana Televisión investigation unit, reported last Sunday [August 31] that Peru's Ministry of the Interior had planned an attack against her in response to her investigations into the links between senior officials of the Peruvian National Police, Minister Juan José Santiváñez, and Nicanor Boluarte with the El Dorado mine. […]
The Federation of Journalists of Peru (FPP, for its acronym in Spanish) strongly rejected and condemned the intimidation and threats against journalist Luis Fernando Ramos Tenazoa, former president of the Federated Center of Journalists of Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon. On Aug. 26, the organization issued a statement denouncing that Ramos Tenazoa had received death […]