"The Voces del Sur (VDS) network presented the Shadow Report 2020 that compiles alerts related to violations of freedom of expression, freedom of the press and access to information that occurred in 13 Latin American countries: Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. [...] The regional results […]
"Journalist Abraham Mendoza was murdered this Monday [July 19] by armed men as he was leaving a gym in Morelia, the capital of Michoacán. The EXA-Morelia host was leaving the establishment located in the Gertrudis Bocanegra neighborhood, in this city, when he was shot. Three men who were traveling in a compact car were detained […]
"The hitmen came for Cecilio Pineda Birto as he swung in a hammock at a carwash, waiting for his pickup to be cleaned. The 38-year-old freelance reporter was shot dead on 2 March 2017 in Ciudad Altamirano, a town in the southern Mexican region of Tierra Caliente – a battleground for rival organised crime factions. […]
"It's a very good time for investigative journalism in Mexico, in terms of the capacity we've built and because we’ve started this strategy of looking for and working with allies. How stories are being disseminated is changing and that’s exciting. We are now capable of accomplishing more complex investigations that would otherwise not see the […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) rejects the recurring stigmatization campaign deployed by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador against the media and journalists. The organization calls for the immediate end to its aggression, and warns that this form of hostility 'tends to degenerate into acts of violence.' In his daily morning conference on […]
"Mexican authorities must undertake a swift and transparent investigation into the killing of media worker Saúl Tijerina Rentería, and determine whether he was targeted for his work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Tijerina’s family lost contact with him early in the morning of June 22, and his body was found near his vehicle […]
"On Tuesday [June 29] morning, reporters from Grupo Imagen, Multimedios, and FOROtv were attacked by auxiliary police and bank employees in Mexico City In one of the events, the security elements detained and attacked Grupo Imagen reporters in the Historic Center when they were making recordings in the Cathedral." Read original article (in Spanish)
"The director of the Noticias Minuto a Minuto news website and Panorama Pacífico TV in the southern state of Oaxaca, Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera was in close contact with RSF in the weeks prior to his death. A specialist in covering local politics, crime and court cases, he knew another attack against him was imminent and […]
"Finally, more than three years after his arrest, Juan Francisco 'P', el Quillo, received a sentence of 32 years and 3 months in prison, in addition to the payment of reparation for the murder of Javier Valdez Cárdenas, a correspondent for La Jornada in Sinaloa [and co-founder of Ríodoce]. [...] The Special Prosecutor's Office for […]
"On the morning of this Thursday [June 17, 2021] journalist Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera was shot to death in the Morro Mazatán community, belonging to the municipality of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, in the region of the Isthmus of Oaxaca, as confirmed by the Ombudsman's Office. [...] Sánchez Cabrera was a reporter and editor for Nota Roja […]
"The former mayor of Chínipas, Chihuahua, Hugo Amed Schultz was sentenced to 8 years in prison for his responsibility in the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach, which occurred in March 2017. According to the organization Propuesta Cívica, in a hearing related to the request for an abbreviated procedure, the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes committed […]
"A federal judge ruled that Juan Francisco 'P,' alias 'El Quillo,' belonging to the criminal cell of the Dámaso, which was part of the Sinaloa Cartel, is responsible for the murder of journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas. The sentence will be issued later. [...] During the process, the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes Committed against Freedom […]