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Mexico: Morning press conference in Tijuana turns into a demand for justice for murdered journalists

"In Tijuana, epicenter of the murders of journalists in recent weeks and one of the most complicated places to practice reporting in Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador shared the judicial process being followed on some of the crimes against journalists. [...] In most of the reported cases, the gunmen who fired the shots have […]

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Fifth journalist murdered in Mexico so far in 2022, colleagues demand justice

"'And now, who's next?... We no longer want to come and bury another colleague. We are fed up with speeches, we demand a law that protects us. It is not fair to take our lives for denouncing corruption,' Oaxaca Isthmus journalist Rodolfo Canseco said. Family, friends and colleagues said goodbye on Feb. 13 at the […]

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Journalist Heber López Vásquez murdered in Oaxaca, the fifth murder of a journalist in Mexico in 2022

"Journalism in Mexico is once again in mourning. This Thursday [02/10], journalist Heber López Vásquez, a reporter in the port of Salina Cruz, in the state of Oaxaca, was shot dead in his home, a continuing pattern. López Vásquez, 39, was director of the local page RCP Noticias in Oaxaca, and his death occurred after […]

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Mexico: Tijuana journalists join forces to do justice to their murdered colleagues, says El País in a special article

"Tijuana's journalists, united these days by force of gunpowder, work more hours than the day is long to continue reporting on their city and, at the same time, to do the work that the Prosecutor's office should speed up in carrying out. Aware that the crimes against their colleagues in the Semanario Zeta go unpunished—as […]

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Protests in Mexico: Dozens of cities cry out for a stop to violence against journalists

"Journalists and citizens from all over Mexico wen out this Tues. Jan. 25 to protest in more than thirty cities to denounce the violence suffered by journalists. Mexico is the most dangerous country in the world to practice the profession, with dozens of murders every year and hundreds of attacks. Impunity reigns. Every year, around […]

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IAPA condemns recent murders of three journalists in Mexico and Honduras

"The Inter-American Press Association asked the Mexican and Honduran authorities to quickly and thoroughly investigate the motives behind the murders of three reporters in recent days. The organization reiterated its complaint about the lack of efficiency of the protection and safety mechanisms for journalists. IAPA's president Jorge Canahuati expressed his condolences to the families and […]

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At least 10 deaths of journalists on the Brazil-Paraguay border in the past decade

At least 10 media professionals have been assassinated in the region near the border between Brazil and Paraguay in the last 10 years. Their deaths are largely related to organized crime. However, sometimes crimes are committed in retaliation for political disagreements, unrelated to criminal groups. The most recent case was that of Brazilian Léo Veras, […]

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Article 19 obtains new information about Juan Nelcio’s cause of death allegedly as due to torture by state authorities in Mexico

"On August 21, 2020, Juan Nelcio Espinoza Menera, independent journalist and founder of the online media site El Valedor TV, died while in custody by Fuerza Única, in Piedras Negras, state of Coahuila, Mexico. According to initial reports by state authorities, his death was unrelated to these security forces and, when he had difficulty breathing, he […]

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Mexico, ten years after the murder of journalist ‘Milo Vela’: no author or motive

“In his last column in the Mexican regional newspaper Notiver, Miguel Ángel López Velasco addressed femicide, political nepotism and the contamination of drinking water. Authorities had promised to deal with the problems, wrote López Velasco, then deputy director of that media outlet for the state of Veracruz. "And if not, we will remind you here," […]

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Authorities detain man and woman allegedly implicated in murder of Mexican journalist Enrique García

"A man and a woman allegedly implicated in the murder of the communicator and journalist Enrique García, which occurred on June 16, were detained, reported the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM, [for its acronym in Spanish]). Joseph Argenis 'N' and Kimberly Isabel 'N' were transferred to the Almoloya de Juárez prison, […]