"Journalist Antonio de la Cruz was riddled with bullets near his home this Wednesday morning, June 29. A family member was wounded, according to initial reports from the authorities. The reporter, who had worked for 15 years for the Expreso newspaper in the capital of Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria, has become the 12th murder of journalists […]
"Journalists and community police in the town of Tula, in Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, were caught in a crossfire while they were holding a press conference on June 21st. According to Pulso Informativo Guerrero, members of the Regional Coordinator of Community Police were informing the news media about attacks by the criminal group Los Ardillos […]
"68.1% of the murders of journalists are dismissed by the Special Prosecutor's Office for Attention to Crimes Committed against Freedom of Expression (Feadle) [of Mexico], because in its investigations it did not find any relation with the news media work. This federal agency was created on July 5, 2010. Since then and until April 30, […]
"The general coordinator of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic [of Mexico], Jesús Ramírez Cuevas, presented a social security program for independent or self-employed journalists in Mexico. 'For the Government of Mexico it is fundamental that all workers have fair salaries and social security. Today we are making the proposal for independent journalists […]
"The organization Propuesta Cívica launched an 'ABC' for the protection of journalists in Mexico, which is aimed at authorities, citizens, civil society organizations, media owners, editors, journalists, and students. This action was taken on the occasion of Freedom of Expression Day, which is commemorated on June 7, a date that reminds that 2022 has been […]
"The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) [of Mexico] considered it necessary for authorities to implement a 'comprehensive policy' beyond the existing protection mechanism to protect journalists. 'It is not enough to reinforce it (the mechanism) in terms of budget or functions if a comprehensive State policy is not built. It is necessary to do something […]
"The Attorney General's Office (FGR) of Mexico obtained indictments against five people for the alleged crime of aggravated torture against journalist Raúl Fernández León, in Quintana Roo, in 2019. Those implicated respond to the name of Lamberto "V", Casto "P", Candelaria "A", Socorro "G" and Nesguer "V," who were then public servants of the Municipal […]
"The organizations Front for Freedom of Expression and Social Protest (FLEPS, by its Spanish acronym), Platform for Peace and Justice in Guanajuato and Women's Communication and Information A.C. (CIMAC) condemned the abuse of force and physical violence by the municipal police of Irapuato, in the state of Guanajuato, towards women journalists and demonstrators. They were protesting […]
"The body of Mexican journalist Luis Enrique Ramírez was found this Thursday (May 5) next to a highway in Culiacán, the capital of the state of Sinaloa in Mexico, one day after he was reported missing. (...) Ramírez's homicide is the ninth against the Mexican press in 2022, a particularly violent year against the country's […]
“Escalating violence against journalists in Mexico is seriously undermining press freedom, Human Rights Watch said today, on World Press Freedom Day. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador should take urgent steps to strengthen the federal government protection mechanism, stop official harassment of journalists who criticize the government, and ensure prosecutors end the near-total impunity for these […]
"This Monday, April 25, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), took advantage of his usual morning press conference to exhibit the alleged luxury property of the communicator Carlos Loret de Mola, who works as the owner of the news outlet Latinus and as a columnist for the newspapers El Universal and The […]
"In Mexico, being a woman and a journalist implies a double violence. On the one hand, the one that impacts us every day with 10 murdered women; and on the other, the absolute lack of access to comprehensive protection for the exercise of freedom of expression, with 99% of impunity in recorded cases of attacks […]