"This Sunday, April 3, Noticias Uno denounced in its on-air broadcast that its director, Cecilia Orozco, was chased by a hearse to her residence. The events occurred on the past holiday weekend of March 21. According to news outlet, the event took place when Orozco She left the TV channel's building and headed home.The journalist […]
"Gustavo Abigail 'N,' detained based on an arrest warrant as having allegedly involved in the murder of the journalist from Veracruz Julio Valdivia in Tezonapa, is the son of the then Oaxacan PRI deputy Gustavo 'N,' currently under criminal proceedings. He's accused of allegedly having shot at police officers in the municipality of Fortín, Veracruz, […]
"President Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposed this Tuesday, March 29, that a debate be held to analyze the role of the media and social networks, since he assured that they are attacking his government. He denied that he is generating censorship, since he stressed that he's only responding to attacks of his opponents: 'There's no […]
"Journalists from EL UNIVERSAL and environmental protection activists were attacked and threatened with death by an armed group while documenting the extraction of tepetate (brittle volcanic rock) on the Tecalco-Chiconautla hill, in San Pablo Tecalco, in the municipality of Tecámac, State of Mexico. The tepetate was destined to consolidate the infrastructure of the new Felipe […]
“A statement from the Board for the Safety of Journalists of Paraguay said the investigation of the crime of Sandro Saúl Sánchez Benítez, 38, which happened on March 16 in Pedro Juan Caballero, in the Department of Amambay, is essential. The victim was shot dead three times by a lone motorcyclist. Sandro Saúl Sánchez was […]
"Attacks on the press continue. This Monday, March 28, a journalist from Latina (channel 2) was attacked by an unknown person who was part of the protest against Pedro Castillo. This individual, who was wearing a black T-shirt and a hat, had a yellow pennant in his hand and used the stick that held this […]
"Guatemalan authorities should conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of journalist Orlando Villanueva, determine if it was connected to his journalism, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On the afternoon of March 8, an unknown number of unidentified individuals shot and killed Villanueva in a […]
"[…] The Board for the Safety of Journalists of Paraguay maintains that the investigation of the crime of Sandro Saúl Sánchez Benítez, 38, which occurred on March 16 in Pedro Juan Caballero, in the Department of Amambay, is essential. The victim was shot three times with a firearm by an unknown motorcyclist. Sandro Saúl Sánchez […]
"Authorities in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state should promptly investigate the recent attacks on journalists covering a police protest, and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On March 9, during a protest held by striking Minas Gerais police officers in Belo Horizonte, the state capital, unidentified members of that protest […]
"Authorities arrested 16 people for their alleged participation in four of the murders of journalists registered this year in Mexico, the government reported this Thursday (March 17). When presenting a balance of the actions of the State against the crimes [committed against] reporters, the Undersecretary of Security, Ricardo Mejía, said the government had documented six […]
Mexico’s government on March 16 attributed impunity in the cases of murdered journalists -seven so far this year- to the country’s prosecutors. It recalled that prosecutors are the ones responsible for investigating those cases, rather than the protection mechanisms for journalists. 'Things can't go on like this and there have to be changes. Things have […]
"[Mexican] journalist Armando Linares was murdered this Tuesday [March 15] in Zitácuaro, in the state of Michoacán, as reported by the State Prosecutor's Office. The attack occurred in the afternoon (local time) 'at a private address,' according to a report from the public prosecutor. The reporter, director of the Monitor Michoacán portal, had denounced threats […]