"The body of Sonora journalist Jesús Alberto Camacho Rodríguez, who disappeared five years ago, was found by the collective of mothers Madres Buscadoras in a forensic medical facility in the city of Culiacán in Mexico. Camacho Rodríguez worked for several media outlets, including El Imparcial, El Regional de Sonora, Extra de la Tarde, and Tribuna […]
“A record number of journalists were killed worldwide in 2024, figures published today by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) show. Israel is responsible for nearly 70 percent of that total. At least 124 journalists across 18 countries were killed last year, making it the deadliest year for reporters and media workers since CPJ started […]
“The State Attorney General's Office of Tabasco arrested one of the suspects in the murder of journalist and professor Alejandro Gallegos León. The governor of Tabasco, Javier May, announced the information through his social networks. [...] The governor explained to the media that the lines of investigation are based on the professional activities of law, […]
“Journalist and professor Alejandro Gallegos León was found dead on Saturday [Jan. 25] in the [Mexican] state of Tabasco after being reported missing [...]. According to his search record, the last communication with him happened at around 2:25 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24. Gallegos León, 51 years old, was a journalist specializing in education and […]
“Ecuadoran journalist Leonardo Rivas, news director of the digital radio station Cariñosa, was murdered on Saturday [Nov. 23] in an attack attributed to hitmen in the province of Guayas, one of the most affected by the insecurity crisis in Ecuador. The radio station confirmed the tragic event on its Facebook account, saying that Rivas was […]
On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, UNESCO calls on all states to fulfill their commitments and put an end to impunity for the murders of journalists. A new UNESCO report highlights the continued high rate of impunity in journalist murders: 85% of all murders recorded by the […]
"Mauricio Cruz Solís, a journalist for the digital outlet Minuto x Minuto, was killed on Tuesday night in downtown Uruapan, Michoacán. Just moments before the shooting, the reporter had interviewed Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, the municipal president of Uruapan, as well as vendors at the Tariácuri market. Mauricio Cruz is reportedly the first journalist killed during […]
Haiti tops the 2024 Global Impunity Index, published annually by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The index measures unsolved journalist murders relative to a country’s population. In addition to Haiti, which appears on the index for the second time, Mexico and Brazil are also on the 2024 list, respectively ranking eighth and eleventh. According […]
“The murderer of Francisca Sandoval, the first Chilean journalist murdered since the return to democracy in 1990, was sentenced Monday [Oct. 28] to 24 years in prison as the perpetrator of the crime, the Chilean Judiciary reported. 'The Fourth Oral Criminal Court of Santiago sentenced Marcelo Naranjo Naranjo to 15 years in prison for the […]
"Today [Oct. 16], the Fourth Oral Criminal Trial Court of Santiago convicted Marcelo Enrique Naranjo Naranjo, as the author of the crimes of simple homicide, illegal possession of a firearm and unjustified shooting on public roads, crimes perpetrated on May 1, 2022, in the center of Santiago and that cost the life of the reporter […]
“Chilean Prosecutor's Office requested this Monday [Sept. 7] 25 years in prison for Marcelo Naranjo after the start of the oral arguments in the trial for the murder of journalist Francisca Sandoval on May 1, 2022. 'The Fourth Oral Criminal Court of Santiago begins arguments in a case against Marcelo Enrique Naranjo for the murder […]
"The public prosecutor's office has denounced state deputy Renato Machado as the person who ordered the death of journalist Robson Giorno in 2019. According to Gaeco [a unit against organized crime], Machado 'was the person who ordered the murder, planning, determining and directing the criminal activity'. There are also other accusations from the public prosecutor's […]