Authorities have arrested three men suspected of killing Colombian journalist María Victoria Correa and her sister, María Norelia Correa, at a bakery in the city of Envigado. The suspects—Juan Camilo Carvajal Burbano, known as “Gafas”; Deiby Yulián Posso Pretel, known as “Cali”; and Yuván Daniel Arenas Gómez, known as “El Mello”— were detained 15 days […]
The Oaxaca Prosecutor's Office reported that those convicted of the murder of journalist Heber López Vázquez received sentences of 35 and 40 years in prison for the crime of murder in the first degree. With the sentence, the Prosecutor's Office added, the trial that began three years ago against Ricardo E. C. and Ricardo G. […]
"Mexican authorities must investigate the disappearance of journalist Miguel Ángel Anaya Castillo, the founder and editor of news website Pánuco Online, and determine whether it is related to his work as a journalist, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. [...] Anaya was last seen on April 13 in Pánuco, a town in the eastern […]
“Journalist Raúl Celis López, a well-known radio host in Iquitos, Peru, was shot and killed this morning (May 7) by suspected hitmen as he arrived riding in a motorcycle taxi to his workplace in downtown Iquitos. The murder occurred shortly after Celis López stopped to buy a newspaper. As the motorcycle taxi continued toward the […]
"A Unitel press team yesterday was assaulted, held and robbed while covering the conflict in Cotapachi over the treatment of garbage from the city of Cochabamba in central Bolivia. The journalist Paola Cadima reported that she was in the area of Mirador Colcapirhua covering the confrontations between two groups one that opposes the entry of […]
"The office of the president in Guatemala said in a statement on Monday [May 5] that it regrets journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín remains imprisoned at the disposition of the country's Public Prosecutor's Office, whose authority is sanctioned by the United States and the European Union under accusations of corruption. 'All Guatemala is witness of […]
"[In the Dominican Republic,] the Dominican College of Journalists (CDP, for its initials in Spanish), the Association of Photojournalists, and the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) alerted the country's top authorities and Dominican society this Thursday about a series of dismissals, mistreatment, threats, restrictions, and attacks against journalists and other media workers. Press unions […]
"Judge Guadalupe Patricia Juárez Hernández ruled that Ricardo E. C. and Ricardo G. R. are criminally responsible for the aggravated homicide of Heber Fernando López Vásquez, a journalist murdered in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. According to the journalist's family and colleagues, the final hearing in the legal proceedings against the two people accused of […]
“The Attorney General's Office reported this Wednesday [April 30] that someone was linked to the case for the murder of journalist Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera in 2021. Authorities have identified the alleged perpetrator as Esteban 'C,' and he faces charges of attempted murder. The Attorney General's Office explained that it took on the case because the […]
“The health condition of Zoila Pérez, mother of Cuban political prisoner José Gabriel Barrenechea, is rapidly worsening as prison authorities deny the dissident journalist and professor the possibility of saying goodbye to her in her last days. Despite the seriousness of her condition and the explicit request of Zoila herself in a video broadcast on […]
"Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya announced Monday that she is giving up hope for justice for the kidnapping and rape she was the victim of in 2000 by paramilitaries in a Bogota prison because there is no progress in the case, which she said is heading towards impunity. 'My aspiration for justice has died,' Bedoya said […]
"An incident between the security team of Dominican Vice President Raquel Peña and members of the press led to tense moments this Friday [April 25], during the graduation ceremony of 3,048 new National Police officers, held at the Carlos -Teo-Cruz Boxing Coliseum [in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic]. The altercation occurred when a journalist tried to […]