"On Aug. 2, the Superior Criminal Court of Florencia, [department of] Caquetá, confirmed the acquittal of a person linked to the murder of journalist Luis Peralta and his wife, Sofía Quintero. This decision stems from the unjustified delays and ineffectiveness of the Attorney General's Office, which, despite having various pieces of evidence, failed to structure […]
"Daniela Valdez, a journalist from Sucre [Bolivia], suffered beatings to her face, attempted strangulation, death threats, theft of a wedding ring and her work equipment when she was attacked by a mob while she was recording the detention of officials in a municipal office. As a result of the aggression and injuries to her face, […]
"Guatemala's National Civil Police (PNC, by its acronym in Spanish) has reported that two journalists were killed on Friday night [Aug. 11] in the department of Retalhuleu [Guatemala] after being attacked with firearms, according to the Guatemalan newspaper La Hora. A preliminary police report revealed that the two journalists were on their way home, located […]
"Authorities of the municipality of Barrancas (Guajira, Colombia) are investigating threats against five media workers, which would be linked to political debate, according to what was mentioned on a flyer in the name of 'Our armed organization of La Guajira for the good of the citizens.' The threatened journalists are Bonato Solano, Astor Alarcón Fonseca, […]
"Fernando Villavicencio has been murdered. The presidential candidate for the Construye movement and former Assemblyman was the victim of a hired assassination on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 9, 2023, while participating in a political rally in the coliseum, located at the intersection of Gaspar de Villaroel and Amazonas avenues, north center of Quito. When he was […]
"The magazine Txoro Matutino, of Cuernavaca, Morelos, was attacked on Saturday night [Aug. 5] and early Sunday morning [Aug. 6] with at least five gunshots, with no injuries reported, informed Juan José Arrese, general director of the magazine. According to the version of the director of Txoro Matutino, when they arrived to broadcast their morning […]
"Jorge Ugalde, a journalist in [the Mexican state of] Quintana Roo, was the victim of a gun attack on Sunday, July 30, when his home, located in the municipality of Benito Juárez, was shot at. [...] Through a video, Ugalde denounced the attack against him and shared evidence, in which it can be seen that […]
"On Aug. 2 of this year, the Santa Cruz Journalists Association held a sit-in in front of the (burned) building of the Departmental Prosecutor's Office, demanding that the authorities investigate and punish the perpetrators of the aggressions and threats against press workers, a sector that in 21 months suffered at least 60 aggressions. At the […]
"In one week, three Bolivian journalists were threatened for reporting on drug trafficking issues. Journalistic organizations reiterated requests for the protection of those affected. [...] The journalist of the news outlet Contacto Bolivia, Priscila Quiroga, and a journalist of Red ATB were threatened through a message sent from a WhatsApp account for reporting on the […]
"For 6 months now the National Protection Unit (UNP, by its Spanish acronym) has been denying access to information to the family of journalist Rafael Moreno, murdered in October last year in Montelíbano, Córdoba [Colombia]. The family seeks access to the documents of the individual protection process and risk assessment, as well as the implementation […]