“Nine years after the murder of journalist Moisés Sánchez in Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz, the short film ‘El Último Viaje’ (The final trip) and a special printed edition of Diario La Unión were presented. The shocking almost four-minute short film, made by Grey México and Oriental Films, recounts the last days of Moisés Sánchez's life […]
“ARTICLE 19 Office for Mexico and Central America and the Network in Memory and Fight of Murdered or Missing Journalists commemorate María Elena Ferral, a journalist from Veracruz, and renew their demands for justice for her and her family four years after her murder. […] Although the Attorney General's Office of the State of Veracruz […]
"After the multiple controversies and clashes he has had with journalists and media, this Monday [April 1] the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, attacked Andrés Oppenheimer, CNN presenter, for the controversy that arose after his counterpart in Argentina, Javier Milei, criticized him in an interview that CNN en Español broadcast on Sunday [March […]
"Journalist Laura Brugés denounced through her social media that she was fired from the media outlet where she worked after her name came up in the section ' Quién es quién en las mentiras (Who's who in the lies)' [section of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's daily press conference]. Laura Brugés took a stand […]
Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto was granted asylum in an El Paso, Texas, courtroom on March 18, six months after he was declared eligible for asylum by the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) in September 2023. Soto fled Mexico 15 years ago after receiving death threats for his reporting on the military. Despite turning […]
"[In the early hours of March 13], journalist Jaime Barrera gave his first interview after being abducted for more than 24 hours. [...] He said that he was in good health, but concerned and shocked by the experience he had lived through. According to him, his captors released him at a bus station [in the […]
"Four out of every 10 attacks against journalists or media workers have a possible relation to public officials, the Comprehensive Human Rights Group (GIDH, for its Spanish acronym) warned this Sunday [March 10]. 'This worrying figure highlights the urgent need to reform and strengthen the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists in the […]
"Through social media, Iztul Barrera, candidate for local representative for district 9 of Guadalajara [Mexico], asked for help to locate her father, journalist Jaime Barrera Rodríguez, whom she reported missing. According to her publication on X, she asked to spread news of his disappearance and she also made public the telephone number 33 18 14 […]
"Attacks against women journalists covering demonstrations in various cities in Mexico on International Women's Day were reported. In Zacatecas, the detentions of at least five women journalists and human rights defenders were reported. In [the state of] Michoacán, a group of female reporters were documenting the march in [its capital] Morelia when they were attacked […]
“In a signed open letter, 123 journalists, correspondents and professionals who teach journalism spoke out against Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's harassment of the chief correspondent for the New York Times, after the head of state released their data personal during a morning press conference. The document highlights that such acts have been emulated […]