“The early morning of Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, at around 12:30 a.m., René Manuel Cobos Merchán, 49, was killed in the Tres Postes area of the rural parish of Yaguachi, in Guayas province. According to accounts from family members reported by news organizations, minutes earlier a group of approximately six armed and masked men, wearing […]
Ricardo Zúñiga Rosas, a 35-year-old photographer and local journalist, was killed on 29 August in the municipality of Tehuitzingo, in the state of Puebla, after publicly reporting threats linked to his reporting. He is the second journalist to be murdered in Puebla in less than two months. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the murder, calls […]
“Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned Sunday [Aug. 30], International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, about the increase in this crime against journalists in different regions of the world and said that at least 46 media professionals are victims of enforced disappearance, including six in Mexico. According to the organization, of the 137 journalists […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities to ensure that Mexican journalist and TikTok streamer Carlitos Ricardo Parias receives adequate medical care after spending 300 days in immigration detention at California’s Adelanto Detention Facility. Parias, 45, who reports independently under TikTok handle Richard Noticias LA, was shot in the […]
"On the afternoon of Monday, August 10, while covering the earthquake in Colombia, Diana Carolina Alfonso, a journalist and political analyst for Canal Red Colombia, was attacked by a person identified as Kimberly Dayana Acosta Serrano, who sprayed a chemical agent in her face. The serious incident occurred in the Santa Fe neighborhood of Bogotá, […]
“The CEO of [Guatemalan digital news outlet] República, Rodrigo Arenas, publicly denounced Thursday, Aug. 13, an alleged plan to carry out attacks against him and members of his editorial team […]. In a public statement, Arenas said information related to the threats had already been shared with the relevant authorities and representatives of friendly embassies, […]
"The directors and journalists José Reyes, of José 24/7 Noticias, and Apolinar Beltrán, of Revista la Nueva Conciencia, were threatened last Monday, Aug. 10, through an audio message that circulated on social media in Puerto López [in the department of Meta in Colombia]. In the voice message, the man claimed to be part of an […]
“Three men were sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murders of reporters Sheila Johana [García Olivera] and Yesenia Aurora [Mollinedo Falconí]. During a hearing held on August 10 in Cosoleacaque [in the Mexican state of Veracruz], sentences were handed down to Antonio de Jesús “H,” alias “El Mara”; Armando “S,” alias “El Trascabo”; […]
"Six journalists have been murdered in Mexico this year, five of them in just over two months, marking one of the deadliest spikes in violence against journalists that CPJ has documented in over a decade. Despite several organized calls for justice in the Mexican states where the reporters were killed, government authorities have not addressed concerns by local journalists and press freedom […]
"Colombian authorities must swiftly investigate threats made by an illegal armed group against regional journalists, bring those responsible to justice, and guarantee the safety of the reporters, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday [Aug. 4]. On July 31, four journalists in the northern city of Apartadó were threatened by members of the Gaitanista […]
"Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Nunes Marques ruled on Aug. 5 that former state lawmaker Jalser Renier Padilha may participate in the 2026 elections. Jalser is facing criminal charges for allegedly ordering the kidnapping and torture of a journalist in the northern state of Roraima. His legislative mandate was revoked in 2022, and he has […]
“The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) condemns the threats and online harassment campaign targeting journalists from the Yo Te Creo Colega ["I believe you, colleague," in Spanish] collective and the news outlet Brava News following the publication of an investigative report detailing two allegations of sexual harassment and sexual abuse against journalist Rafael Poveda. These […]