“Journalist Alan García Zúñiga was released the morning of Sunday [Feb. 2] after being abducted on Jan. 22 in Poza Rica, Veracruz [Mexico]. In a press release, the State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists (CEAPP, by its Spanish acronym) said that, thanks to a joint operation between federal and state authorities, García […]
"Google News Initiative launched the Mexico News Accelerator, a comprehensive nine-month program to strengthen the technological infrastructure of news media in Mexico. The objective of this initiative is to improve the user experience of media sites as well as the knowledge of their audiences. The initiative includes training sessions and in-person events, and interested media […]
“The State Attorney General's Office of Tabasco arrested one of the suspects in the murder of journalist and professor Alejandro Gallegos León. The governor of Tabasco, Javier May, announced the information through his social networks. [...] The governor explained to the media that the lines of investigation are based on the professional activities of law, […]
“Journalist and professor Alejandro Gallegos León was found dead on Saturday [Jan. 25] in the [Mexican] state of Tabasco after being reported missing [...]. According to his search record, the last communication with him happened at around 2:25 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24. Gallegos León, 51 years old, was a journalist specializing in education and […]
“Mexican journalist Alan García Zúñiga was abducted by a group of armed men on Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the state of Veracruz, a region known for being highly dangerous for journalists. Relatives of the victim, who manages a Facebook page sharing official police information at the local and state levels, reported that he was kidnapped […]
"The deputy director of Global Mexico, Cayetano de Jesús Guerrero, was killed on Friday [Jan. 17] night by armed men while he was in the parking lot of the San Antonio parish, in the center of Teoloyucan, State of Mexico. Following the events, ARTICLE 19 reported that the journalist had received threats at his home […]
"Journalist Moyses Zúñiga Santiago, originally from Chiapas, was reported missing. The last communication his family had with him was on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The last time he spoke with his family he was in the Alameda, located in the Historic Center, in the Cuauhtémoc municipality of Mexico City. According to the search card issued by […]
"The head of the Attorney General's Office of the State of Michoacán [in Mexico], Adrián López Solís, announced that a second person implicated in the murder of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís, which occurred on Oct. 29, 2024, has been identified. In a press conference held at Casa Michoacán, the prosecutor said that investigations are continuing […]
“Members of the journalist collective NiUnoMás in Michoacán, Mexico, demanded authorities hand over to the family of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís all the information available on his murder. Given the lack of information from the State Attorney General's Office, the collective said in a statement that, two months since the murder of Cruz Solis in […]
"Authorities from the State Attorney General's Office (FGE, for its initials in Spanish) opened an investigation after unknown individuals left a narcomanta [a banner with intimidating messages that drug traffickers usually leave in public places] on public roads in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, with mention of newspapers and the well-known weekly Zeta. [...] […]
"A journalist, whose name is omitted for security reasons, from the sports media outlet Mediotiempo, was the victim of multiple attacks during his coverage of Liga MX soccer on Dec. 8. Among the attacks documented by ARTICLE 19 are physical attacks by directors of the Cruz Azul Soccer Club and security personnel at the venue, […]
“Journalist Raymundo Riva Palacio obtained a definitive amparo judgment against the statements made at the [morning press conferences known as] 'mañaneras' of former [Mexican] President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. A judge ruled in favor of the appeal filed by the columnist, who claimed violation of his human rights. Riva Palacio said that he filed this appeal […]