"Judge Guadalupe Patricia Juárez Hernández ruled that Ricardo E. C. and Ricardo G. R. are criminally responsible for the aggravated homicide of Heber Fernando López Vásquez, a journalist murdered in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. According to the journalist's family and colleagues, the final hearing in the legal proceedings against the two people accused of […]
“The Attorney General's Office reported this Wednesday [April 30] that someone was linked to the case for the murder of journalist Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera in 2021. Authorities have identified the alleged perpetrator as Esteban 'C,' and he faces charges of attempted murder. The Attorney General's Office explained that it took on the case because the […]
“On Monday, Jan. 20, journalist Gastón Medina was shot and killed outside a house in the San Isidro neighborhood of Ica, [Peru]. Sadly, more than three months after the crime, the radio host's family is still waiting for justice, as the investigation has yet to shed any light on those responsible for this crime. Ornella […]
"With the families of reporter Julio Daniel Chaparro Hurtado and photographer Jorge Enrique Torres Navas present, a Friendly Settlement Agreement will be signed today [April 23] in Bogotá to offer reparations for their 1991 killings. The event will include representatives from the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP), Colombia’s National […]
"The trial for the 1982 murder of four Dutch journalists—Koos Koster, Jan Kuiper, Joop Willemsen, and Hans ter Laag—scheduled for April 23 has been suspended following a request by the attorney for Col. Mario Adalberto Reyes Mena, who informed the court that her client was undergoing surgery and would be unable to attend. The judge […]
"The brothers of two of four Dutch journalists murdered by the army of El Salvador in 1982 demanded justice on Tuesday [April 22], on the eve of the final phase of the trial against three former military chiefs. Cornelius Kuiper Joop, Koos Jacobus Andries Koster, Hans Lodewijk ter Laag and Jan Willemsen were killed in […]
"More than a decade after the murder of journalist Luis Peralta Cuéllar, the Colombian Attorney General's Office has asked the Supreme Court to uphold the sentence that found it was an aggravated homicide and not a simple homicide, as it is stipulated. The reasons of the Public Prosecutor's Office are based on the fact that […]
"On the 44th anniversary of the murder of journalist Marcelino Vega, who was killed while covering a protest by Santo Domingo city hall employees, on April 7, 1981, news organizations condemn the indifference to crimes against the press that have gone unpunished. The Dominican College of Journalists (CDP for its initials in Spanish) and the […]
"There is shock in the Antioquia community and the journalism community following the murder of journalist María Victoria Correa, which occurred on Friday, March 28, in the municipality of Envigado [in the Colombian department of Antioquia]. The 70-year-old journalist was in a bakery when she was approached by two armed men. One of them initially […]
“The Guatemalan Red Cross reported an armed attack in the village of Santa Fe, Coatepeque, [department of] Quetzaltenango, last Friday, March 21. The victim was identified as Ismael Alonzo González, a journalist and member of the Association of Journalists and Communicators of the Southwest (APSCO, by its acronym in Spanish). According to preliminary investigations, the […]
“Iran Villarreal Belmont, director of an independent news page and former candidate for city councilor, was murdered in [the Mexican state of] Guanajuato, the local prosecutor's office said on Friday [March 14]. Villarreal Belmont […] was also an activist and the director of the Facebook page Observatorio Ciudadano, with more than 8,400 followers. According to […]
"The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), through its director general, Audrey Azoulay, condemned the murder of journalist Kristian Martínez, which joins the cases of Calletano Guerrero, Alejandro Gallegos and Jesús Camacho, so far in 2025, registered by the Observatory for Murdered Journalists in 2025. The organization pointed out these attacks and threats […]