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Violence Against Journalists

Media teams attacked by security guards while reporting on fire in Ecuador

"Teams from various media outlets were attacked by private security personnel at the Guayaquil land terminal while carrying out their reporting work outside the complex. Journalists and cameramen arrived near midnight to report on a fire that occurred in the terminal's food court near midnight on Monday Dec. 8. [...] At around 2:30 a.m., a […]

Potential release of accused killer in Colombia alarms press freedom group

The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) expressed its deep concern about how the Colombian Attorney General's Office is handling the case of Carlos Arturo Landázuri, alias “El Gringo,” accused of the killing of journalists Paul Rivas, Javier Ortega, and Efraín Segarra, of the Ecuadorian newspaper El Comercio, in 2018. In a Dec. 6 statement, FLIP […]

Journalist Fernando Nuñez murdered in Pacasmayo, Peru

“The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP, by its acronym in Spanish) condemned the murder of journalist Fernando Nuñez Guevara, from [digital media outlet] Kamila TV, which occurred on Friday, Dec. 5, in Pacasmayo, [department of] La Libertad. […] This is the third killing of a journalist so far in 2025, following the murders […]

Public prosecutor's office investigates Colombian governor for journalist's murder

"The Fifth Prosecutor's Office before the Supreme Court of Justice opened an investigation against the governor of Norte de Santander, William Villamizar, for his alleged participation in the murder of journalist Jaime Vásquez, from Cúcuta, in a pastry shop in the city. Last April, Vásquez was attacked around 8:30 a.m. in La Riviera (Cúcuta) while […]

Journalists report assault by Peruvian President José Jerí's security detail

"Reporter Javier Rumiche and cameraman John Altamirano, both from RPP radio, reported being assaulted by members of the State Security during an official event with President José Jerí at the Civic Promenade in Tacna. The incident occurred just after the raising of the national flag, at which point the president had invited the journalists to […]

Journalists in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, report being threatened and intimidated by National Guard

“According to interviews with the journalists…they were harassed by members of the National Guard upon arriving at the scene [of an accident in which a guard unit overturned]. The National Guard members demanded a supposed ‘federal license’ from the journalists to carry out their work and threatened to arrest them or confiscate their cell phones […]

Haitian gang leader calls for Radio TV Caraibes journalist’s assassination

"In a widely disseminated social media video reviewed by [the Committee to Protect Journalists] (CPJ), [Jimmy ‘Barbecue’] Cherizier — leader of the 'Viv Ansamn' gang coalition that has laid siege to Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince — appeared to offer a $50,000 reward for [Radio TV Caraibes (RCTV) news host Ronald] Desormes’ life as he expressed […]

Uruguayan journalist violently attacked in retaliation for his work

“Journalist Román Nappa, [from the city of Minas], was the victim of a violent attack on the street this Thursday, Nov. 27, by two men who beat him while insulting him for his work on the news program ‘Sin pelos en la lengua’ (Without Minced Words), which airs Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. […]

Gunmen kill journalist who ran Ecuador news page

"Darwin Baque was a cameraman and ran the website Guayaquil al rojo vivo. His killing early Wednesday, Nov. 26, has shocked the coastal city of Guayaquil. Around 12:30 a.m., the shooting occurred at the intersection of Cacique Tomalá and Los Tulipanes streets, in southern Guayaquil. At that hour, unidentified attackers opened fire on him and […]

Paraguayan commentator gets 10-year sentence after six women accuse him of abuse

"A sentencing court on Wednesday sentenced Paraguayan media commentator Carlos Granada Fernández to 10 years in prison for the alleged crimes of abuse, coercion and sexual coercion, following a case brought in 2022 by six women journalists who had worked under his supervision. The panel — Judges Laura Ocampo, Cándida Fleitas and Juan Pablo Mendoza […]

Second attack with explosives against Colombia's RCN in less than 10 days

"A medium-power explosive device detonated at the headquarters of RCN Radio in Pasto, capital of the Colombian department of Nariño, in an incident that once again put local authorities on alert after being the third attack with this type of explosive reported in the city in recent months. The explosion directly hit the building where […]

Mexico City community journalist says he received death threats on Instagram

"Community journalist Max Emiliano Negrete González, who documents the lives and struggles of Indigenous communities in southern Mexico City, reported receiving death threats through Instagram. One anonymous account sent him a message saying he had 'eight days to live.' He said the threats may be tied to his reporting on land and territorial defense issues […]