"Photojournalist Jaime Castaño Zacarías was killed on Wednesday in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The reporter was administrator of the PrensaLibreMx page and worked in the social communication area of the Jerez City Council and was intercepted by armed persons while driving his motorcycle hours after having covered the discovery of two bodies on a […]
"Former President Felipe Calderón said this Friday that during his tenure, a communication company offered him the dismissal of journalist Carmen Aristegui. The forementioned, in clear reference to the dispute between the journalist and MVS Radio in 2011, which led to her leaving the air between Feb. 7 and 18 of that year, for requesting […]
“A group of armed men attacked a journalist for the media outlet Presente in the municipality of Poza Rica, north of Veracruz. According to what was released by the same media outlet, the communicator was traveling in a company vehicle when some men blocked his way and opened fire on him. The name of the […]
"Mexican photojournalist Carlos Zaaráin, who was abducted last Saturday by an armed group in the western state of Sinaloa along with two other people, was released last night, according to newspaper Noroeste, where the informant works. 'After being held for almost 24 hours, the photojournalist managed to return to his relatives in an apparent response […]
"Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) responded, through a statement, that the organization does not operate in secrecy and that its financing comes from donations that are reported to the tax authorities. The foregoing, after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador warned in his morning press conference that financial support for the organization, which he said […]
"Police from Quintana Roo and from Benito Juárez shot protesters and reporters who were covering the march against femicides in this city [Cancún] tonight. [...] The police began to shoot after the protesters moved from the prosecutor's office to the Municipal Palace of Benito Juárez. The police attacked anyone who recorded the shots they fired […]
“Journalist Israel Vázquez Rangel died after being shot in the municipality of Salamanca, [state of] Guanajuato, while reporting. According to the first reports, the attack took place on [Nov. 9] Monday morning in colonia Villa Salamanca 400, where the journalist went after hearing a report on the discovery of human remains. When Israel was preparing […]
"The United Nations (UN), through its offices in Mexico, launched the digital platform 'Puntal,' where it makes visible the homicides and disappearances of journalists that have occurred in the country in the last four years. On the website of the international organization, it is reported that between 2017 and 2020 there have been 39 murders […]
Journalistic projects from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are among the finalists for the Fetisov Journalism Awards. The prizes, which were given for the first time in 2019, have the mission of promoting "universal human values such as honesty, justice, courage and nobility through the example of outstanding journalists from all over the world as […]
"This Thursday night a journalist was shot to death. It is the fifth so far this year in Mexico. Arturo Alba, host of the nightly newscast for Canal 6 de Multimedios in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, was riddled with shots —at least eleven— while driving his car in that city." Read original article (in Spanish)