"[Sheila] Arias, based in the coastal resort city of Mazatlán, told [the Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ] that she had received threats in connection with a Jan. 26 post on her Facebook page about a real estate project in the area currently requesting a permit from the Mexican federal government. Arias reported that she received […]
Journalist Álvaro Algarra, a correspondent in Caracas for the German television network DW Spanish, was taken from his home on Wednesday, Feb. 4, by officials dressed in blue. By midday, his family did not know his whereabouts. It was later reported that he had returned home. Read the full article in Spanish.
“From January 2016 to December 2025, at least 89 journalists, eight media workers and 181 human rights defenders were killed in Mexico in possible connection with their work. In addition, the U.N. Human Rights Office documented that 14 journalists and media workers, along with 13 human rights defenders, survived attempted killings. It also recorded that […]
"A specialized criminal court judge sentenced members of the self-proclaimed Central Command (Coce, for its Spanish acronym) of the ELN (National Liberation Army) and two other leaders of that guerrilla group for the abductions of seven journalists and two media workers that occurred in the Catatumbo region, in Norte de Santander, between 2016 and 2017. […]
"Journalist Ernesto Martínez was attacked and threatened by agents of the Sinaloa State Public Security Secretariat [Mexico] while attempting to cover a story […] on Jan. 19. According to the organization Article 19 […], Martínez arrived at the Culiacán–Mazatlán highway to report on a confrontation between officers and civilians in which one person died. When […]
"Journalist Claudia Cáceres, who has worked for several years at the radio station Radio Cadena Voces, reported Tuesday (Jan. 20) that she was assaulted by activists from the Libertad y Refundación (Libre) party solely for doing her job as a journalist. The attack against Cáceres occurred Tuesday morning as she was leaving the offices of […]
"Independent journalist Henry Constantín was released Friday [Jan. 16] in Havana after being detained for 44 hours without charge [...]. Constantín, director of the independent media outlet La Hora de Cuba and regional vice president for Cuba of the Inter-American Press Association's (IAPA) Committee on Freedom of the Press, announced his release in a video […]
Three journalists from the digital news outlet SinEmbargo were attacked and threatened while attempting to document the illegal sale of animals at the Mixhuca Market in Mexico City, human rights organization Article 19 reported. A vendor harassed the reporters inside the market, demanding they delete their recorded footage. The team left the market after noticing […]
"On Thursday night, Jan. 8, a crime reporter identified as Carlos Leonardo Castro, who worked for the news website Código Norte Veracruz and previously for Noreste, was shot and killed while inside a restaurant called La Troguebirria [in Poza Rica, Veracruz]. In 2024, the reporter had a protection mechanism in place, according to colleagues. [...] […]
"Journalist Eric Hurtado was physically assaulted while covering a news story in the province of Chincha, [Peru], in a new incident that once again raises concerns about the safety of the press in public spaces. The attack occurred on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, on San Carlos Street, behind the Santa Ana school. According to the […]
"The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its Spanish acronym) of Venezuela reported on Monday [Jan. 5] that 14 previously detained journalists have been released, on a day when the National Assembly began its 2026-2031 legislative session in Caracas. Via X (formerly Twitter), the SNTP said that one of the journalists was deported and […]
"[Mexican] President Claudia Sheinbaum offered support from the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists to journalists facing legal proceedings related to their journalistic work and freedom of expression, such as the case of Rafael León Segovia, whom the Veracruz Attorney General's Office accused of 'terrorism.' During the morning press conference [on Jan. 2] […]