"In compliance with precautionary measure 449/22, issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in July of this year, the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship [of Brazil] will hold a high-level meeting next Monday (Dec. 11), in Brasilia, with the presence of the international body, to present the action plan with the aim […]
"The organization Propuesta Cívica launched the campaign #HistoriasQueSobreviven [Stories that survive]. This initiative includes three short films that narrate the investigations of murdered journalists. The goal of the campaign is to put the spotlight on the motive behind the disappearance and murder of journalists in Mexico: to silence the voices of journalists who seek to […]
"The Attorney General of the State [of Chihuahua, Mexico], César Jáuregui, said that no motive can be ruled out in the [Nov. 16] murder of El Heraldo de Juárez photojournalist Ismael Villagómez. 'We've already resolved the case in the first instance. We are not going to rule out any line of investigation. What is clear […]
"An armed attack against police officers in [the Mexican state of] Sonora left two people dead, among them journalist Jesús Gutiérrez Vergara, who was with the agents when they were shot. The Sonora Prosecutor's Office said that the attack against the police officers took place early this morning [Sept. 25] in the Aviación neighborhood, in […]
"A federal judge found guilty the second person implicated in the murder of journalist Israel Vázquez Rangel, who was killed in an ambush on Nov. 9, 2020. His name is José Luis, alias 'el Pizzero.' He is an accomplice of Martín Eduardo, who was already sentenced to 20 years in prison in December 2021. The […]
"The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (SRFOE) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) emphatically condemns the murder of journalists Edin Alonso and Hugo Gutiérrez in Guatemala and calls on the State to investigate the facts in a complete, effective and impartial manner, as well as to prosecute and punish […]
"A little over nine years after the murder of journalist Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, the Attorney General's Office (FGR) confirmed the arrest and formal imprisonment of another one of the alleged perpetrators. His name is Josué 'N' alias El Celaya, who was arrested by federal authorities in Sonora. [...] Goyo, as […]
"Guatemala's National Civil Police (PNC, by its acronym in Spanish) has reported that two journalists were killed on Friday night [Aug. 11] in the department of Retalhuleu [Guatemala] after being attacked with firearms, according to the Guatemalan newspaper La Hora. A preliminary police report revealed that the two journalists were on their way home, located […]
"For 6 months now the National Protection Unit (UNP, by its Spanish acronym) has been denying access to information to the family of journalist Rafael Moreno, murdered in October last year in Montelíbano, Córdoba [Colombia]. The family seeks access to the documents of the individual protection process and risk assessment, as well as the implementation […]
"The killings of two journalists in one week in Mexico has renewed calls for the country’s media community to be given better protection. The most recent attack took place Saturday in Acapulco, Guerrero state, when Nelson Matus, the director of news website Lo Real de Guerrero, was fatally shot outside a store. The previous Saturday, […]
"Crime reporter Nelson Matus Peña, 42, was shot to death Saturday afternoon [July 15] in Acapulco, Mexico. Matus Peña was the editor of the news portal Lo Real de Guerrero. He was also a photojournalist for the now defunct Revista Alarma, the newspaper El Alarmante and the news platform Agora Guerrero. [...] Matus is the […]
"On March 26, 2018, a team of El Comercio newspaper was captured in the border area between Ecuador and Colombia by the Colombian armed group Oliver Sinisterra Front. Days later, in April, the murder of Javier Ortega (journalist), Paúl Rivas (photographer) and Efraín Segarra (driver) was confirmed, after failed negotiations between captors and Ecuadorian authorities. […]