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“El Último Viaje”: a short film to demand justice for murder of Mexican journalist Moisés Sánchez

“Nine years after the murder of journalist Moisés Sánchez in Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz, the short film ‘El Último Viaje’ (The final trip) and a special printed edition of Diario La Unión were presented. The shocking almost four-minute short film, made by Grey México and Oriental Films, recounts the last days of Moisés Sánchez's life […]

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Former director of Colombia's defunct intelligence department denies responsibility in journalist case

“This week, the Tenth Specialized Criminal Court of Bogotá continued the public trial hearing against the former director of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS, for its acronym in Spanish), José Miguel Narváez, for crimes against humanity perpetrated against Claudia Julieta Duque. During the hearing, the accused rejected his responsibility as the main person implicated […]

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Four years of impunity in murder of Mexican journalist María Elena Ferral

“ARTICLE 19 Office for Mexico and Central America and the Network in Memory and Fight of Murdered or Missing Journalists commemorate María Elena Ferral, a journalist from Veracruz, and renew their demands for justice for her and her family four years after her murder. […] Although the Attorney General's Office of the State of Veracruz […]

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Brazil's Superior Court annuls jury decision that convicted four people for killing radio journalist Valério Luiz in 2012

"[Brazil's] Superior Court of Justice (STJ, for its acronym in Portuguese) annulled the popular jury's decision that convicted four of the five defendants accused of planning and executing the death of radio presenter Valério Luiz in 2012. The appeal was a request from the defense of Maurício Sampaio, identified as the mastermind of the crime. […]

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'The State looked the other way': Colombia apologizes for murder of journalist Guillermo Cano

“The night of Dec. 17, 1986 left an open wound in the history of Colombian journalism. That day Guillermo Cano, former director of El Espectador, was murdered by hitmen linked to the Medellín Cartel. Within the framework of Journalist's Day and 37 years later, the Colombian State apologized for the incident and recognized its responsibility […]

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Colombian State to apologize for murder of journalist and director of El Espectador, Guillermo Cano Isaza

In an event scheduled for Feb. 9, Journalist's Day in Colombia, the State will admit its responsibility in the assassination of the journalist and director of the newspaper El Espectador, Guillermo Cano Isaza. Cano Isaaza was murdered on Dec. 17, 1986 by order of then-head of the Medellín cartel, Pablo Escobar, due to the journalist's […]

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Peruvian Journalists Association demands justice for reporters injured in 2020 protests

"Peru's National Association of Journalists (ANP, by its Spanish acronym) demanded justice for the 40 journalists injured, two of them seriously, during the 2020 anti-government demonstrations, and that the State guarantee that 'these abuses' will not be repeated, in a statement shared this Tuesday [Nov. 14] on social media. 'No one responsible has been sanctioned! […]

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Alleged killer of Mexican journalist Gregorio Jiménez arrested and sent to prison for 2014 crime

"A little over nine years after the murder of journalist Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, the Attorney General's Office (FGR) confirmed the arrest and formal imprisonment of another one of the alleged perpetrators. His name is Josué 'N' alias El Celaya, who was arrested by federal authorities in Sonora. [...] Goyo, as […]

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FLIP denounces that due to failures in investigation by Colombian Prosecutor's Office, an accomplice in murder of journalist was acquitted

"On Aug. 2, the Superior Criminal Court of Florencia, [department of] Caquetá, confirmed the acquittal of a person linked to the murder of journalist Luis Peralta and his wife, Sofía Quintero. This decision stems from the unjustified delays and ineffectiveness of the Attorney General's Office, which, despite having various pieces of evidence, failed to structure […]

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Another suspension in the trial of Guatemalan journalist Norma Sancir's attackers denounced

"Nine years have passed since journalist Norma Sancir was arrested by the National Civil Police (PNC, by its Spanish acronym) and jailed for five days while covering a community protest in Camotán, Chiquimula [Guatemala]. Three agents and a commissioner are now being prosecuted for abuse of authority. The defense has maintained a strategy of delaying […]