"Following the ruling issued this Thursday [Feb. 26] by the Trial Court in Puebla, those responsible for the murder of journalist Marco Aurelio Ramírez in Tehuacán were sentenced to 46 years and five months in prison each. They are Jesús Armando N. and José Francisco N., who received the sentence after a judicial process that […]
"In Anzoátegui, journalist Marifel Guzmán was released [on Feb. 24]. She had been held in the cells of the Bolivarian National Police headquarters in that state since Feb. 7, 2025, according to the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its Spanish initials). [...] Guzmán was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crime […]
"Peru's Constitutional Court on Friday [Feb. 20] ordered the release of a former minister after overturning his 12-year prison sentence for being a direct co-author of the murder of a journalist in 1988, when the politician was a young army officer during the armed conflict between security forces and the Shining Path terrorist group. A […]
"The Capital District branch of the National College of Journalists of Venezuela (CNP, for its Spanish acronym) reported on its official X account that a court hearing for journalist Ramón Centeno concluded on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, without a final decision being issued in his case. The professional organization described the process as cruel and […]
"On the sixth anniversary of the killing of Brazilian journalist Lourenço 'Léo' Veras, the Institute for Environmental Law and Economics (Instituto de Derecho y Economía Ambiental – IDEA) and Media Defence have submitted a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), concerning the responsibility of the Paraguayan State in relation to his death […]
"Judge José Morales of the Second Criminal Court ordered the release of journalist José Rubén Zamora, who had spent more than 1,295 days in pretrial detention in connection with two criminal cases brought by the Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity (FECI, for its Spanish acronym). With this decision, Zamora will face both cases under house […]
"The Union of Journalists of the State of Pará [in Brazil] and the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ, by its acronym in Portuguese) publicly condemn the court decisions that censored the reports published by journalist Adriano Wilkson regarding the Municipal Administrative Reform of the Belém City Council […] and the suspicion of overpriced contracts signed […]
"Rory Branker, a journalist at the online news site La Patilla was released on 4 February after 11 months and 15 days of arbitrary detention — yet Reporters Without Borders (RSF) recently received information that, the day after his release, the journalist was formally charged with at least five offences and placed under restrictive measures. […]
Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, who has spent more than 1,280 days in pretrial detention in a case riddled with irregularities, demanded his release on Tuesday during a hearing, denouncing himself as a victim of the 'perfect labyrinth' of Guatemala's justice system. 'I've already paid my debt to society. I'm innocent, but I've already […]
"The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, by its acronym in Spanish) denounced on Friday, Jan. 30, a new case of a detained journalist, which had not been previously reported. The journalist in question is Pedro Urribarri, a graduate of Santa María University. In its statement, the SNTP detailed that Urribarri was arrested on May […]
"Venezuela’s National Union of Press Workers (SNTP for its initials in Spanish) confirmed on Sunday, Jan. 25, the release of journalism student Juan Francisco Alvarado, who had been detained for more than 10 months after being accused of the crime of inciting hatred. […] Alvarado was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 22, to 15 years in […]
"Journalist Rafael León Segovia, a police beat reporter in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, regained his freedom on Thursday [Jan. 22] after being under house arrest due to his indictment for the crimes of obstruction of justice and crimes against public security institutions. In an interview with local media, León Segovia said that he had obtained a federal […]