"The vehicle of journalist Yolanda Caballero Jacobo was attacked in Tijuana, in the state of Baja California, [on Feb. 1] while she was reporting on the damage caused by the rains in the Loma Dorada neighborhood of that city. Local media have reported that unknown individuals threw bottles of gasoline into the van, set it […]
"Journalist María Luisa Estrada, from the Mexican state of Jalisco, denounced this morning [Jan. 8], in front of the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, threats and attacks against her, as well as the inefficiency of the Protection Mechanism for journalists. During the [President's morning press conference] this Monday, the journalist told, through tears, […]
"The Guyana Press Association (GPA) is calling for a thorough investigation into the shooting that targeted journalist Travis Chase. According to the association, Chase recounted that he was shot at on Monday night [Dec. 11] by an unknown gunman. It notes this is not the first time Chase has been targeted by unknown persons. In […]
"On Dec. 15, 2022, Ciro Gómez Leyva was driving home after a day of work. The journalist, one of the most popular in Mexico, had just finished presenting the evening news on Imagen TV network. He was driving through Coyoacán Avenue, south of Mexico City, when a motorcycle with two people passed him. One of […]
"A far-right ultraliberal economist who is due to be sworn in as Argentina’s president on 10 December, Milei became famous as an economic commentator on radio and TV. For the past five years he has also been notorious for his clashes with journalists and displays of hostility towards them – an aggressiveness he also displays […]
Six journalists in three different Mexican states were attacked in less than a week. On Nov. 28, four reporters were shot and wounded in the state of Guerrero, and another was shot and wounded in the state of Michoacán. The latter remains in the hospital and police are guarding him. Also on Nov. 28, Expansión, […]
A group consisting of Canadian photojournalist Renaud Philippe, Brazilian anthropologist Ana Carolina Mira Porto and forestry engineer Renato Farac Galata were attacked by a group of hooded gunmen while filming a documentary near an indigenous community in Iguatemi, about 300 miles from Campo Grande, in Mato Grosso do Sul, reported the Campo Grande News website. […]
"Marco Antonio Toledo, director of the weekly Espectador de Taxco, [in the Mexican state of Guerrero] was released Saturday [Nov. 25] after being abducted along with his son and wife last Sunday [Nov. 19]. [...] Also on Saturday, journalists Silvia Arce and Alberto Sánchez, who run the digital media RedSiete, were released during the early […]
"The Press and Society Institute (IPYS, by its Spanish acronym) of Venezuela denounced the intimidation of journalists covering the country's opposition primary elections, held on Sunday, Oct. 22. The organization said on its X account (formerly Twitter) that journalist Karla Avila of the news outlet Qué Pasa en Venezuela, in Bolívar state, was photographed by […]
"The Office of the Attorney General of Colombia announced that it is investigating an alleged violent attack on the Semana magazine's premises in Bogotá by a group of Indigenous representatives [on Friday, Sept. 29]. [...] Semana magazine published on its website a video showing a group of people arriving at its facilities and breaking a […]