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Two suspects identified in murder of Mexican journalist Marco Aurelio Ramírez

The Attorney General's Office of the State of Puebla informed this Thursday [May 25] that it identified two people allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Marco Aurelio Ramírez that took place on Tuesday [May 23] in the municipality of Tehuacán [in Mexico]. In a press conference, state prosecutor Gilberto Higuera Bernal said that he […]

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Journalist Marco Aurelio Ramírez is murdered in the Mexican state of Puebla

“The journalist and former municipal official, Marco Aurelio Ramírez Hernández, was shot to death this Tuesday [May 23] in the city of Tehuacán, state of Puebla, central Mexico, the third so far in 2023, defense organizations of freedom of expression said. Ramírez Hernández, 69, was shot at when he was traveling in his car after […]

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Mexican court sentences three in journalist's murder, but nine suspects remain free

"Three individuals allegedly involved in the murder of journalist María Elena Ferral Hernández in Papantla, Mexico, have been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The sentence was handed down by a judge from the Poza Rica Judicial District following a more than two-hour-long hearing on the night of Wednesday, May 17, 2023. The crime was […]

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'No one forgets him here!': Six years after the murder of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez

"Javier Arturo Valdez Cárdenas was nationally and internationally recognized for his crónicas and investigations, in which he reported the violence in his home state of Sinaloa, Mexico. He practiced journalism in the midst of the prevailing violence in Mexico and confronted, through his pen, corruption, political power and drug trafficking. For Javier, self-censorship was never […]

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Former Reuters and Telemundo journalist shot to death in Acapulco, Mexico

"Journalist Gerardo Torres Rentería was shot to death by a group of armed men on the night of May 11, 2023, inside his private home located on 2nd Street in the Icacos neighborhood, a few meters from Avenida Costera Miguel Áleman and the main entrance of the facilities of the Eighth Naval Region in Acapulco, […]

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Mexico: Almost eight years since the crime of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa and four women, relatives demand progress from Attorney General's Office

"Almost eight years after the crime, relatives of Mexican photojournalist Rubén Espinosa and the other four women murdered in what is known as the Narvarte Case demanded progress from the Attorney General's Office of Mexico City, especially in determining the motive and identifying the masterminds. At a press conference held at the Mexico City Human […]

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Network seeks to unite families of murdered and missing journalists in Mexico

"The search for the truth, access to justice, comprehensive reparation, and preservation of collective memory are the main lines of action of the initiative 'Tejidos solidarios [Weaving solidarity],' the first national network of relatives of murdered and disappeared journalists in Mexico, presented this Thursday (April 28). After the unprecedented violence against the press in recent […]

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Mexico: Pío López Obrador sues journalist Carlos Loret de Mola for 11 million dollars

"Carlos Loret de Mora informed that Pío López Obrador sued him and the digital media Latinus for moral and punitive damages, for disclosing videos in which the brother of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is seen receiving envelopes with cash. According to Loret, the President's brother is asking for 200 million [US $11 million dollars] […]

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Newsrooms from Chile, El Salvador, Mexico and Nicaragua were chosen for new Report for the World cohort

“Report for the World today announced the selection of 15 new host newsrooms, more than doubling its global network from eight to 20 countries. Among them are five, independent newsrooms reporting on their home countries in exile. ‘As we expand to 20 countries this year, we have also extended our support to newsrooms operating in […]

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Mexico: Journalist is detained and then released after exposing abandoned government plant nursery

"Journalist Bertín Chino González was detained [on Thu. April 13] by the police of the municipality of San Luis Acatlán, in [the Mexican state of] Guerrero, after he posted a video of a desolate plant nursery that was part of the [President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's program of agroforestry in rural communities] Sembrando Vida (Sowing […]

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Mexico: Journalist Alain Albarrán is assaulted in Oaxaca

"Unidentified men assaulted Mexican journalist Alain Albarrán Granados on Thursday [April 6]. He covers issues of violence, particularly against women, in Oaxaca, in the south of the country. The reporter at the radio station La Poderosa 100.5 FM and the newspaper El Imparcial de Oaxaca was hit in the face and body as he was […]

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Mexico: Journalist Richard Villa was kidnapped in Veracruz

"Mexican reporter Richard Villa was kidnapped on Monday afternoon [April 3] by a group of armed men in the state of Veracruz, local authorities said. The news outlet itself, Presente Veracruz, reported that the incident occurred at 5:40 p.m. (23:40 GMT) when the reporter was at a repair shop where he had taken his motorcycle. […]