"The [Brazilian] Federal Police arrested Jânio Freitas de Souza this Thursday (Jan. 18). He is considered the right-hand man of Ruben Dário da Silva Villar, known as 'Colombia,' who is accused of the murders of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and English journalist Dom Phillips. Bruno and Dom were killed in 2022, in Vale do Javari, […]
“Yalile Dubón Pérez, a social communicator, was threatened multiple times by unknown people after she published a news story involving the son of the mayor of the city of Santa Rosa de Copán. Dubón Pérez is director and manager of the news program Yalile Informa, which is broadcast on the channel Occidente Al Día TV. […]
“Once again, the director of La Prensa de Tlaxcala, Alberto Amaro Jordán, was the target of an attack when a vehicle attempted to hit him while he was on his way to his home located in San Francisco Atexcatzingo. Fortunately, one of his escorts managed to avoid the collision and things did not get any […]
"A journalist from newspaper Prensa Gráfica faced a series of violations for her journalistic practice caused by the Mayor of El Refugio in Ahuachapán [western zone of El Salvador], Darwin Regalado, and sympathizers of the Nuevas Ideas party, this in the context of the 2024 elections. On Jan. 5, 2024, the journalist met for an […]
"For Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui, the Pegasus case is more alive and open than ever despite the ruling issued this afternoon [Jan. 12] by Judge Luis Benítez Alcántara, in which he acquitted the only person accused of spying on her with the aforementioned software. [...] 'It was fully recognized judicially and without any doubt that […]
“In Mexico, the forced internal displacement of female journalists is made invisible, since the phenomenon is not recognized by the State; Lacking official records, care is not provided to prevent it and provide substantive solutions to victims. [..] For this investigation, six displaced journalists from Jalisco, Guanajuato, Chihuahua, Guerrero and Veracruz were interviewed. All of […]
Journalists from Ecuador's public channel TC Televisión described the armed takeover by a group of men on the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 9 in Guayaquil as an “extremely violent attack.” According to what they said, the men shot a cameraman in the leg and broke another's arm. Around 2 p.m. on Jan. 9, and in […]
"Journalist María Luisa Estrada, from the Mexican state of Jalisco, denounced this morning [Jan. 8], in front of the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, threats and attacks against her, as well as the inefficiency of the Protection Mechanism for journalists. During the [President's morning press conference] this Monday, the journalist told, through tears, […]
"Hooded and armed men entered the facilities of the television station TC Televisión, located in the north of Guayaquil [in Ecuador]. This news was reported during the afternoon of this Tuesday [Jan. 9] after 2:00 p.m. Part of the incident was recorded in the middle of the live broadcast of the public media outlet. [...] […]
On Jan. 7, journalists from the television news program Noticias Caracol in Colombia denounced alleged harassment from a former military member that reportedly started last August. Noticias Caracol reported that the man sent letters and gifts to the newsroom, and "began to frequent the area surrounding the channel's facilities." Journalist Alejandra Murgas filed a complaint […]
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures regarding the safety of nine journalists working at radio stations in Colombia, after "considering that they are in a situation of serious risk as a result of death threats and harassment attributed to armed groups operating in the area where they carry out their journalistic […]
"Peruvian journalists suffered 352 attacks and assaults in 2023, a year marked by violent protests against President Dina Boluarte, the National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP, for its acronym in Spanish) reported on Wednesday, [Jan. 3]. [...] According to the report, the 2023 figure is the highest recorded so far this century with 352 […]