"The facilities of the newspaper El Debate in Culiacán, Sinaloa, were shot at. The publication said the following: 'A few minutes before 11:00 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 17, the façade of this editorial house was the target of a shooting attack by armed individuals who traveled in at least two vehicles, but we do not […]
“The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned 'verbal attacks' from the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, after he held journalists Azucena Uresti and Luis Chaparro responsible for what may happen to him. This follows reports that have emerged about the wave of violence affecting Culiacán and about discoveries and possible links to organized crime. […]
“The house of Silvia Peraza Azueta, journalist and manager of the online news portal Código Rojo Quintana Roo, was shot at after she filed a report about threats with the state attorney general. At 12:32 a.m. on Tuesday, September 24, the journalist posted a message on the portal’s Facebook page, reporting the attack on her […]
“David Eduardo Martínez Meraz, son of journalist Ernesto Martínez Meraz, was found alive hours after being abducted on Monday [Sept. 16] in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. According to Los Noticieristas, the police reporter confirmed that his son was found safe and sound and that it was apparently a confusion. He also thanked the citizens who collaborated […]
Mexican journalist Humberto Padgett was the victim of an armed robbery on Friday, Sept. 13 in the municipality of Cuitzeo, in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. Four unknown individuals pointed long guns at the journalist and took his vehicle, IDs and work equipment, the freedom of expression organization Artículo 19 reported in a thread on […]
"Journalist and Grupo Diario de Morelos radio host Edgar Arroyo was the target of an armed attack in the city of Cuernavaca. He was injured and taken to the hospital, where his condition is reported as stable. The incident took place the night of September 10, when Arroyo was traveling through the Ramón Hernández Navarro […]
"Dalia Villatoro, a journalist from Chiapas [in southern Mexico] who works for media outlets such as Verídico Noticias, publicly denounced being the victim of death threats allegedly linked to an organized crime group that left her un narcomensaje (a threatening message). This is happening as the southeastern border state of Mexico is experiencing a fierce […]
"Police beat at least two journalists and arrested two others during a protest for human rights in Xochimilco, a southern borough of Mexico City, on Thursday, Sept. 5, according to members of the media who witnessed the incidents. Police arrested Penélope Estefanía Galicia Argumedo, a reporter with community radio station Radio Zapote; and Elizabeth Díaz, […]
"[Mexican] President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said this Thursday (Sept. 5) that in his government there have been no murders of journalists or politicians 'beyond what the circumstances have caused,' despite the fact that the organization Article 19 has documented 47 homicides of communicators in the six-year period. Questioned during his press conference about the […]
"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 […]