"Sources from the Attorney General's Office of the State of Guerrero confirmed that the genetic profiles of the body located in a clandestine grave in the municipality of Taxco match the samples provided by relatives of Enrique Hernández Avilez, the missing journalist, who allegedly was murdered by members of the local police and buried in […]
"The journalist Ariel Grajales Rodas, who was shot early Wednesday morning [August 21] at his home in the Esquipulas neighborhood of Villaflores, was reported to be in 'stable' condition, according to the Chiapas Attorney General's Office. The agency announced that it urgently requested the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, the Investigative Police, and municipal […]
“The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) condemned Monday [Aug. 19] the murder of journalist Alejandro Alfredo Martinez Noguez, which happened Aug. 4 in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, and reported the entry of the case into its Observatory of Murdered Journalists. Unesco Director General Audrey Azoulay urged Mexican authorities to conduct 'an […]
Mexican judges granted changes in preventive detention for former Mexican governor of Puebla, Mario Marín Torres, as well as Adolfo Karam Beltrán, former director of the judicial police. Both are accused of committing acts of torture against journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro and have been permitted to leave detention. Press freedom organization Article 19 said it […]
The Advisory Council of the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists of Mexico issued a release regarding the Aug. 4 murder of Alejandro Martínez Noguez, who was under police escort. The council demanded investigation into the security breach. "Although there are public statements from state authorities indicating that Martínez Noguez directly requested escorts […]
"Victor Lagunas, director of Tj Comunica [a digital media outlet in Baja California, Mexico], fears for his safety and that of his family after it was confirmed through closed circuit videos that hooded men set fire to his family business, the furniture store 'El Tigre,' with Molotov cocktails. A few days ago, it was reported […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of Mexican crime reporter Alejandro Martínez Noguez, who was shot while in a car with his bodyguards in the central state of Guanajuato on Sunday [Aug. 4]. ‘Mexican authorities must act immediately to find and arrest the killers of Alejandro Martínez Noguez, whose death underscores the dangers […]
“The Attorney General's Office of the State of Sonora [Mexico] reported that Jesús Eduardo 'N', also known as ‘El Chino Cuajo,’ 22, was sentenced to pretrial detention in the attack against journalist Federico Hans Hagelsieb Vanegas, which took place on July 17 outside the journalist's home in [the city of] Caborca. In a press release, […]
At least two journalists were shot in the last two days in Mexico, regional outlets reported. The evening of Tuesday, July 16, unidentified gunmen fired into the home of César Guzmán, director of the digital outlet Código Rojo Cancún in the state of Quintana Roo. Guzmán was home but was not hit. He had been […]
The European Union (EU) and the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (RELE, for its acronym in Spanish) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) separately condemned the murder of Mexican journalist Víctor Morales, whose body was found on June 28 lifeless and with signs of torture in the municipality of […]
"Claudia Sheinbaum, virtual president-elect [of Mexico], said that in her government there will be guarantees to exercise freedom of expression. In her press conference this Wednesday [July 10], Sheinbaum opened the possibility that there will be a reinforcement of the Journalist Protection Mechanism. 'Rosa Icela (Rodríguez), who is going to be in the Ministry of […]
"During Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s six-year term, violence against the press did not stop. Instead, 3,408 attacks against journalists were reported, an increase of 62.13% compared to the administration of previous president Enrique Peña Nieto. In other words, there was an aggression against journalists every 14 hours during AMLO's six-year term. From Dec. […]