"This Thursday, July 3, 2025, the Court of First Instance of Dulce Nombre de María formally handed down the conviction of General José Guillermo García, Colonel Francisco Antonio Morán, and Colonel Mario Adalberto Reyes Mena, found guilty of ordering the murders of four Dutch journalists on March 17, 1982, during the Salvadoran civil war. According […]
“In a virtual plenary session held Monday, June 30, the National Federation of Journalists (Fenaj for its initials in Portuguese) officially presented an updated version of its Internal Protocol for Action in Cases of Violence Against Journalists to representatives from journalists’ unions across Brazil. The document organizes existing procedures and introduces faster, more effective guidelines […]
"An immigration judge [in Georgia, United States] determined this Tuesday [July 1] that journalist Mario Guevara will be able to be released on bail while his immigration process continues, a family member of the Salvadoran man confirmed. In an interview with the publication Notivisión Georgia, his wife Miriam Sáenz de Guevara said she was happy […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemns the detention of independent journalist Henry Constantín in Cuba, who has been accused of alleged contempt for carrying out his journalistic work. The organization demands his immediate release, guarantees for his physical integrity, and an end to all forms of harassment, censorship, and repression against those who exercise […]
"[Amanecer Habanero director Yunia] Figueredo refused to comply with a June 23 police summons, reviewed by CPJ [the Committee to Protect Journalists]. On that same day she received three private number phone calls warning her that a police investigation had been opened against her and [her husband, reporter Frank] Correa for 'dangerousness,' the journalists told […]
"An act of violence against a sports journalist following the first leg of the championship final in Bogotá has sparked outrage on social media. This time, a Telemedellín news crew was assaulted by three fans of the local Santa Fe soccer team. The incident occurred as journalist Santiago Ramírez and videographer Mauricio Escobar were preparing […]
“The journalist and photographer, Salomón Ordoñez Miranda, known as ”Shalom", was murdered in an alleged armed attack on Monday night [June 23] in the town of Cuetzalan, in the northern highlands of Puebla, Mexico. The city council confirmed the murder in a statement and pledged inter-institutional collaboration for its clarification. More than 12 hours after […]
"Gabriel Jesús Sarmiento Rodríguez recorded his own murder in a live Tiktok stream. The 25-year-old influencer died in his home in the El Piñonal sector, Aragua state, in the central region of Venezuela, at the hands of several armed men who had broken into his residence, according to the tiktoker's own narration. In the recording […]
"The journalist Carlos Alarcón, who works for Amazonia TV, survived a shooting at his home, whose front was tageted with firearms on Saturday, June 21, 2025, after receiving threats on his cell phone. The International Federation of Journalists joins the National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP for its initials in Spanish) in its absolute […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expresses deep concern over the rising violence, stigmatization and restrictions against journalists and media outlets in Bolivia, which pose a serious threat to the constitutional right to press freedom. The organization urges the Bolivian government to foster an atmosphere of respect, cease the discrediting rhetoric against the press, and […]
“Journalist Gonzalo Fabricio Zamora Loor, 41, was murdered in the early hours of June 15, 2025, in an armed attack in Portoviejo, Manabí, [Ecuador]. The crime has caused shock not only because of the violence with which he was executed, but also because Zamora was a well-known communicator on the local scene, with a career […]
“Protesters blocking the highway that connects the city of Oruro with the department of Cochabamba intercepted two journalists on Tuesday, June 10, taking their cellphones and threatening to burn them, according to Bolivia’s National Press Association (ANP). The journalists—Adrián Toro Rojas of the digital outlet El Fulgor and Luis García Cabrera of private TV network […]