"[Mexican] journalist Lydia Cacho reproached the Mexican judiciary for acquitting the former commander of the former Attorney General's Office of Puebla, Juan Sánchez Moreno, one of her alleged torturers. As MILENIO reported on July 7, a Federal Court determined that ‘there is no evidence’ to prove that the former commander committed or participated in the […]
"The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo maintains a campaign of harassment and surveillance against the families of exiled Nicaraguan journalists, denounced the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED, for its acronym in Spanish), based in San José, Costa Rica. In its most recent report, the organization documented testimonies of intimidation by […]
"This Sunday [July 13], Yris Azócar, the mother of detained journalist Víctor Ugas, asked the Attorney General's Office, the Ombudsman's Office and the Venezuelan Penitentiary Ministry for information on the state of her son's health as a matter of urgency. 'I urgently need to know how my son, Víctor Andrés Ugas, is doing, if he […]
"Gudelia Gálvez Tafur, director of digital news outlet Huaraznoticias.com, has received death threats in response to her reporting on alleged irregularities in public works projects in the city of Huaraz, [department of Áncash, Peru]. The International Federation of Journalists and the National Association of Journalists of Peru have condemned the threats and are calling for […]
Last week, two deadly attacks against communicators from local digital media outlets were reported in Mexico. In the port of Acapulco, in the state of Guerrero, Ronald Paz Pedro, administrator of the NotiExpress news portal, was shot dead on Wednesday, July 9, minutes after making a Facebook broadcast about a street sinkhole. Paz, a former […]
"At least 293 Nicaraguan media workers have left their country for security reasons or have been banished since April 2018, according to a report released Thursday [July 10] by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED), part of the regional network Voces del Sur. The report, titled "Nicaraguan Government Intensifies Harassment and Retaliation […]
"Mexican authorities must immediately and credibly investigate death threats against two crime reporters, Óscar Balderas and Luis Chaparro, and take all appropriate steps to guarantee their safety and that of other reporters covering organized crime, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. [...] The threats came just weeks after unidentified assailants killed two journalists in […]
“Journalist Martín Melvin García Carvajal, 57, was found dead around 3 p.m. on Monday, July 7, in a rented room on the island of Cozumel in the state of Quintana Roo. Local police and state prosecutors responded to the scene and recovered the body, which showed advanced signs of decomposition. Authorities cordoned off the area […]
"Lydia Cacho and Artículo 19 – Mexico Office expressed deep concern and outrage over a recent ruling by the Third Circuit Collegiate Court in Cancún, Quintana Roo, which exonerated Juan Sánchez Moreno, a former commander in the then-Attorney General’s Office of Puebla. He had been convicted for his role in the torture of journalist and […]
"Journalist's Day was not a day of celebration in Venezuela. Press workers, censored, persecuted, underpaid and almost exterminated, now have the duty to demand the freedom of some 20 of their colleagues detained by the regime. On July 4, they staged an eloquent scene by displaying on the façade of the National College of Journalists […]
"The Colombian police detained two men accused of being the material authors of the attack against journalist Gustavo Chicangana Álvarez, better known as Gustavo Chica, and his wife, which took place on Saturday in San José de Guaviare, in the center-south of the country, according to official sources on Monday [July 8]. Police Director General […]
"Journalist Gustavo Chica, of Guaviare Estéreo and Caracol Radio, was the victim of an armed attack last night [July 5]. He and his wife were leaving their home in [the Colombian municipality of] San José del Guaviare to go to a park when they were shot several times. Both were wounded and were taken by […]