Ricardo Zúñiga Rosas, a 35-year-old photographer and local journalist, was killed on 29 August in the municipality of Tehuitzingo, in the state of Puebla, after publicly reporting threats linked to his reporting. He is the second journalist to be murdered in Puebla in less than two months. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the murder, calls […]
“Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned Sunday [Aug. 30], International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, about the increase in this crime against journalists in different regions of the world and said that at least 46 media professionals are victims of enforced disappearance, including six in Mexico. According to the organization, of the 137 journalists […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities to ensure that Mexican journalist and TikTok streamer Carlitos Ricardo Parias receives adequate medical care after spending 300 days in immigration detention at California’s Adelanto Detention Facility. Parias, 45, who reports independently under TikTok handle Richard Noticias LA, was shot in the […]
"The legal counsel of Mexico's Executive branch, Luisa María Alcalde, on Tuesday [Aug. 12] presented an alleged digital ecosystem coordinated between news organizations and opposition figures that, according to the government, amplifies messages to attack the movement of the self-proclaimed Fourth Transformation. During her ‘Right of Reply’ news conference, [Alcalde] presented a list of journalists, […]
“Three men were sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murders of reporters Sheila Johana [García Olivera] and Yesenia Aurora [Mollinedo Falconí]. During a hearing held on August 10 in Cosoleacaque [in the Mexican state of Veracruz], sentences were handed down to Antonio de Jesús “H,” alias “El Mara”; Armando “S,” alias “El Trascabo”; […]
"Six journalists have been murdered in Mexico this year, five of them in just over two months, marking one of the deadliest spikes in violence against journalists that CPJ has documented in over a decade. Despite several organized calls for justice in the Mexican states where the reporters were killed, government authorities have not addressed concerns by local journalists and press freedom […]
"Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday defended a new set of [proposed] regulations on audience rights. The controversy surrounding the measure has escalated in recent days, reaching the president's daily morning news conference. After several days of criticism and expressions of concern from news organizations, experts, civil society groups and opposition leaders — who have […]
"Governor Salomón Jara Cruz [of the Mexican state of Oaxaca] announced the creation of a list of news outlets and media organizations he considers 'enemies' or driven by 'hatred,' publicly warning that he will refuse to answer questions from critical news organizations […] […] Referring to them as 'hate outlets,' the governor said: 'We're going […]
"ARTICLE 19 reported that independent journalist Ángel Maldonado was the target of an attempted break-in at his home in Ciudad Acuña, [in the Mexican state of] Coahuila on the night of July 13, and called on federal authorities to step up protection measures already in place for him. According to the statement, at about 11:38 […]
"Mexican authorities said on Friday [July 3] that remains found at a site in the eastern state of Veracruz belonged to journalist Roxana Guzman, whose killing has again shined a harsh light on press freedom in Mexico, one of the world's deadliest countries for journalists. Guzman, director of crime news outlet Pulso Informativo del Sureste, […]
"José Carlos Crespo, an Ecuadorian journalist for Teleamazonas, was attacked after Mexico’s victory over Ecuador in the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup. While he was broadcasting for Ecuadorian television, he was struck by an object thrown from the stands. His colleagues reported the behavior of some fans toward Ecuadorian journalists at the […]
“The Mexican Secretariat of the Navy arrested José 'N,' alias 'Delta 7,' the alleged perpetrator of the kidnapping of journalist Roxana Berenice Guzmán. However, although unofficial reports indicate that the suspect confessed to the killing and disclosed the location of the remains, Guzmán’s family denied having been notified of any such discovery and urged the […]