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Journalist Attacked

Protesters in Bolivia hurl stones and dynamite at reporters, leaving two injured

“Journalists Vladimir Rojas and Ramiro Charca, from TV networks Unitel and Radio Televisión Popular (RTP), respectively, were injured today [May 16] in an ambush organized by roadblock protesters from the town of Lipari, in the municipality of Mecapaca, 18 kilometers south of La Paz [Bolivia], who used rocks and dynamite. Rojas suffered leg injuries after […]

Press freedom in Latin America receding in face of state violence and organized crime

"The Voces del Sur Network (Red VDS) presented today [May 12] the eighth edition of its 'Shadow Report: Cartography of Silence.' The document reveals a structural regression in press freedom in Latin America during 2025, marked by increasingly sophisticated censorship mechanisms and an alarming rise in lethal violence... In total, the Network documented 2,484 alerts […]

Cameraman struck by pyrotechnics during disturbance at soccer match in Colombia

“A Brazilian cameraman accompanying ESPN reporter Lilly Nascimento was struck by explosives and flares before the start of the match between [the Colombian soccer team] Independiente Medellín and [Brazil’s] Flamengo at Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellín, Colombia. During the broadcast, the network showed a burned backpack and reported that the cameraman’s pants were also burned […]

Journalist robbed in Chilpancingo's Zócalo, Mexico

"Pablo Israel Vázquez, a journalist and news editor for the Chilpancingo newspaper Vértice, was robbed at gunpoint in the state capital's main square after leaving work. This is the second violent robbery in the state in a week. Last Thursday, in the vicinity of the Atoyac River, reporter Francisco Magaña was attacked with a knife […]

Journalist beaten and robbed of cellphone while reporting in Guanajuato, Mexico

"Journalist Makario Sierra was beaten by agents of the state’s Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC, for its initials in Spanish) while covering a security operation in the municipality of Juventino Rosas. Makario Sierra, a reporter for the digital news outlet El Otro Enfoque, was transported to the community hospital suffering from injuries to his head, face, […]

Reporter attacked and chased while covering traffic accident in Saltillo, Mexico

"Tele Saltillo reporter Jerson Cardozo was assaulted the morning of Friday, April 17, during a live broadcast he was conducting to report on a car rollover in [the city of Saltillo, in the Mexican state of Coahuila]. Videos show that […] companions of the driver physically attacked and chased the journalist. The footage also shows […]

Man attacks sports journalist at Bogotá airport

"Journalist David Anaya Campana, known for covering [Colombian soccer team] América de Cali, was assaulted at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá. The incident occurred Saturday, April 4, while he was in transit to the city of Cúcuta. The attacker identified himself as a member of Deportivo Cali’s fan groups. In a video he recorded […]

Two journalists shot in two days in Mexico

"On March 18, 2026, Juan David Gámez [owner of local news site Táctica SS] was shot dead in the Valle de Lincoln neighborhood of García, in the northern state of Nuevo León. According to information [from Reporters Without Borders, RSF], he was attacked while riding his motorcycle near his home. Juan David Gámez regularly published […]

Ecuadoran journalist shot after receiving reported false news tip

"Ecuadorian authorities must swiftly and comprehensively investigate the shooting of journalist José Vinces Oviedo in the southern city of Huaquillas and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday [March 20]. [...] After he received a news tip about the discovery of two human skulls in a graveyard, Vinces went to the […]

Mexican journalist shot and seriously injured in Oaxaca, press group says

"Oaxacan journalist and head of the news site OM Noticias, Óscar Merino Ruiz, was shot and wounded in an attack Tuesday night in Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, a town on Oaxaca’s coast, the National Forum of Journalists and Communicators confirmed. The shooting took place in a public area and left him seriously injured. He was taken […]

Two journalists kidnapped and media director’s home attacked within 24 hours in Haiti

Two Haitian journalists were abducted on Friday, March 13, in downtown Port-au-Prince by armed members of a gang. The victims, Osnel Espérance of Radio Uni FM and Junior Célestin of Radio Television Megastar, were kidnapped while reporting in the lower part of the capital, The Haitian Times reported. Their employers confirmed the double abduction, which […]

Mayor in Paraguay attacks journalist with a whip

"An event considered extremely serious and worrying for press freedom and democratic coexistence was recorded in the district of Laurel, Department of Canindeyú, where the municipal mayor Pablo Karajallo Pérez (ANR-HC) physically assaulted journalist Juan Alcaraz. According to the information gathered, the journalist—a media worker in Saltos del Guairá who is currently active on social […]